Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist
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Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers perceive and conceptualize the world. Wikipedia
Born: April 24, 1897, Winthrop, MA
Died: July 26, 1941 (age 44 years), Hartford, CT
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University
Parents: Sarah Lee Whorf and Harry Whorf
Siblings: John Whorf and Richard Whorf
Spouse: Celia Inez Peckham (m. 1920)