# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-oswald-johannes-westphal
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:34:56.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
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name: "Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal"
slug: "ernst-oswald-johannes-westphal"
description: "Ernst Oswald Johannes Gotthard Gotthilf Westphal was a South African linguist and an expert in Bantu and Khoisan languages. From 1949 to 1962 he taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London."
tagline: "South African linguist"
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country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "1990-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.002484
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump