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Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts the son of Harry and Sarah (Lee) Worf, Benjamin Lee Worf graduated from the Massachusetts Intitute of Technology ([[M.I.T.]]) in 1918 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and shortly afterwards began work as a fire prevention engineer (inspector) for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, prusuing linguistic studies as an avocation. Although he met, and later studied with Edward Sapir ([[Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939]]), he never took up linguistics as a profession, though his contribution to the field was profound. |
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Worf's primary area of interest in linguistics was the study of native American and Meso-American languages. He became quite well known for his work on the Hopi language, and developed a theory of linguistic relativity in conjunction with Sapir that became known as the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis [[SapirWorfHypothesis]]. He was considered to be a captivating speaker and did much to popularize his linguistic ideas through popular lectures and articles written to be accessible to lay readers, as well as publishing numerous technical articles. |
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Benjamin Lee Worf died of illness at the relatively young age of 44. |
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