Oswald J. Werner | |
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 Spring, 2006 | |
| Born | February 26, 1928 |
| Died | March 26, 2023 (aged 95) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Other names | Ossy |
| Citizenship | USA, naturalized 1954 |
| Education | 1961-63 Indiana University-Bloomington, Anthropology (Linguistics minor); Ph.D. Dissertation: "A Typological Comparison of Four Trader Navajo Speakers" 1958-60 Syracuse University, Anthropology; M.A. Thesis: Ethnographic Photography 1954-55 Syracuse University; Photo-journalism 1946-50 Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany; Applied Physics, B.S. equivalent |
| Occupation(s) | Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics |
| Years active | 1963–2005 |
| Employer | Northwestern University |
| Organization(s) | Department of Anthropology and Department of Linguistics |
| Known for | Ethnography, Ethnoscience, Linguistics, Anthropology |
| Spouse | June Travers (1924 - 2015) |
| Children | Deborah, Derek, Rickard |
| Parent(s) | Julius M., Bella L. (née Toth) |
Oswald J. Werner (February 26, 1928 – March 26, 2023), better known as Ossy Werner, was a Czechoslovakian-born American linguist. He was 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.