Oswald Werner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oswald Werner

Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1928

Place of Birth: Rimavská Sobota, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Profession: anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Oswald J.
Werner (born February 26, 1928), known as Ossy, was a Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics for thirty years at Northwestern University and retired in 1998 as Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics.
During this period he researched the Navajo language and culture.
Although specializing in their medicine and science, he impacted anthropology, linguistics, ethnography, ethnographic methodology, ethnoscience, and cognitive anthropology.