# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diedrich-hermann-westermann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:06:54.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diedrich-hermann-westermann"
name: "Diedrich Hermann Westermann"
slug: "diedrich-hermann-westermann"
description: "Diedrich Hermann Westermann was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly. Westermann is seen as one of the founders of modern African linguistics."
tagline: "German missionary, Africanist, and linguist (1875–1956)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Westermann_1911_Sudansprachen_cover.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1875-06-24"
deathDate: "1956-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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    title: "Дідріх Вестерман"
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    title: "ديدريش هيرمان ويسترمان"
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    title: "Diedrich Westermann"
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    title: "Diedrich Westermann"
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    title: "Diedrich Hermann Westermann"
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    title: "Diedrich Westermann"
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    title: "Diedrich Westermann"
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  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nw%E1%BB%A5r%E1%BB%A5_Hermann_Westermann"
    title: "Nwụrụ Hermann Westermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Diedrich Hermann Westermann"
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    title: "Diedrich Westermann"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64454"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump