# Edward Sapir (@edward-sapir)

Edward Sapir (; January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, and one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States. Born in German Pomerania, in what is now northern Poland, his family emigrated to the United States of America when he was a child.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Edward Sapir's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@edward-sapir/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@edward-sapir/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@edward-sapir/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Edward%20Sapir&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Edward%20Sapir
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Edward%20Sapir

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "edward-sapir", "question": "…"}`.