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Michael E. Krauss

Anthropological and Documentary Linguistics

Michael E. Krauss was an American linguist, professor emeritus, and founder and long-time head of the Alaska Native Language Center. The Alaska Native Language Archive is named after him.

Facts
Birth Year
1934 1
Death Year
2019 1
Role
American linguist, founder of the Alaska Native Language Center 1
Birth Date
1934-08-15 1
Death Date
2019-08-11 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
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Associated With

Founded the Alaska Native Language Center and documented the Eskimo-Aleut languages of Alaska, warning of the endangerment facing the family speaker communities.

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1. Wikipedia: Michael E. Krauss
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    August 15, 1934, August 11, 2019
  • Lead sentence, birth year in parenthetical
    August 15, 1934, August 11, 2019
  • Lead sentence, occupational description
    was an American linguist, professor emeritus, founder and long-time head of the Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Lead sentence, death date in parenthetical
    August 15, 1934, August 11, 2019
  • Lead sentence, death year in parenthetical
    August 15, 1934, August 11, 2019
  • Nationality, Michael E. Krauss entity page
    Michael E. Krauss was an American linguist, professor emeritus, and founder and long-time head of the Alaska Native Language Center.
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