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Guthrie, Malcolm, 1903-1972

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Personal name headingGuthrie, Malcolm, 1903-1972
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Variant(s)Guthrie, G. Malcolm, 1903-1972
Birth date19030210
Death date19721122
Field of activityBantu languages
AffiliationUniversity of London
Found inHis The classification of the Bantu languages, 1948.
The Bantu languages of western Equatorial Africa, 1953: t.p. (Malcolm Guthrie, Professor of Bantu Languages, University of London)
Wikipedia, Mar. 14, 2014 (Malcolm Guthrie (10 February 1903 - 22 November 1972), professor of Bantu languages, is known primarily for his classification of Bantu languages. The classification, though based more on geography than relatedness, is nonetheless the most widely used; born in Hove, Sussex, England, the son of a Scottish father and Dutch mother; also published extensively on a wide range of Bantu languages, including Lingala, Bemba, Mfinu, and Teke)