Robert Blust
Robert Andrew Blust (May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022)[1] was an American linguist. His works were about historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Blust's works were also about the Austronesian languages.
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| Born | Robert Andrew Blust May 9, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Died | January 5, 2022 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Other names | Bai Lesi (白樂思) | ||||||||||||
| Education | B.A. in Anthropology (1967),
M.A. in Linguistics (1968), PhD in Linguistics (1974), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology | ||||||||||||
| Employer | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | ||||||||||||
| Title | Professor of Linguistics; Review editor for the journal Oceanic Linguistics | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Laura Chang-Blust (白嫪拉) | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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Blust died of cancer on January 5, 2022 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 81.[2]
