Dell Hymes
Linguist
Dell Hathaway Hymes was a linguist, sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist who established disciplinary foundations for the comparative, ethnographic study of language use. His research focused upon the languages of the Pacific Northwest. Wikipedia
Born: June 7, 1927, Portland, OR
Died: November 13, 2009 (age 82 years), Charlottesville, VA
Education: Reed College (1950)
Notable students: Regna Darnell Richard Bauman