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.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
Writers from Germany 6
About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1875 to 1956 · aged 80
Written about in
13 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.