# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-blust
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:38:50.469Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-blust"
name: "Robert Blust"
slug: "robert-blust"
description: "Robert Andrew Blust was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Blust specialized in the Austronesian languages and made major contributions to the field of Austronesian linguistics."
tagline: "American linguist (1940–2022)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-05-09"
deathDate: "2022-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump