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Joseph Greenberg
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American linguist
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Joseph Greenberg was an American anthropologist, linguist, and university teacher. He was born in Brooklyn in 1915 and died in Stanford from pancreatic cancer. Greenberg served in World War II and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Greenberg was educated at Northwestern University, Columbia University, and Yale University. He taught at Columbia University and Stanford University. His doctoral advisor was Melville J. Herskovits, and he studied under both Herskovits and Franz Boas. He worked in the field of linguistics and spoke English. Greenberg was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Harold Greenberg , ( 1915-05-28 ) May 28, 1915, Brooklyn, New York , U.S.
- Died
- May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) (aged 85), Stanford, California , U.S.
- Spouse
- Selma Berkowitz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 )
- Awards
- Haile Selassie I Prize for African Research (1967) Talcott Parsons Prize for Social Science (1997)
- Education
- Columbia College Northwestern University Yale University
- Doctoral advisor
- Melville J. Herskovits
- Discipline
- Linguist
- Institutions
- University of Minnesota Columbia University Stanford University
- Doctoral students
- George W. Grace
- Main interests
- Linguistic typology Genetic classification of languages Amerind languages
- Influenced
- Merritt Ruhlen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Melville J. Herskovits
- Student of
- Melville J. Herskovits
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Linguist Joseph Greenberg (1967).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1915-05-28
- date of death
- 2011-05-07
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
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