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Stephen Wurm (Wurm István Adolf) was born on 19 August, 1922 in Budapest, Hungary, is an Australian linguist. Discover Stephen Wurm's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August 1922
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 24 October, 2001
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Nationality Hungary

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1922

Stephen Adolphe Wurm (Wurm István Adolf, ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist.

Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky.

He was christened Istvan Adolphe Wurm.

His father died before Stephen was born.

Both of his parents were multilingual, and Wurm showed an interest in languages from an early age.

Attending school in Vienna and travelling to all parts of Europe during his childhood, Wurm spoke roughly nine languages by the time he reached adulthood, a gift he inherited from his father, who spoke 17.

Wurm went on to master at least 50 languages.

Wurm grew up stateless, unable to take the nationality of either of his parent or of his country of residence, Austria.

That enabled him to avoid military service and attend university.

1944

He studied Turkic languages at the Oriental Institute in Vienna, receiving his doctorate in linguistics and social anthropology in 1944 for a dissertation on Uzbek.

1946

In 1946, he married fellow student Helen Groger-Wurm, a specialist in African ethnography.

1951

He taught Altaic linguistics at the University of Vienna until 1951.

After reading some works by Sidney Herbert Ray, Wurm became interested in Papuan languages and began a correspondence with Arthur Capell, a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Sydney.

Wurm began teaching himself Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu from books and took up a position in London.

1954

In 1954, the Wurms moved to Australia, where Capell had organised for Wurm a post in the Anthropology Department at the University of Sydney.

1957

In 1957, the Wurms moved to Canberra, where Stephen took up a post as Senior Fellow within the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS, now Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs) at the new Australian National University (ANU).

The same year, the Wurms received Australian citizenship.

From then on, the main focus of Wurm's research was the study of the languages of New Guinea, but he also carried out research on a number of Australian Aboriginal languages.

1968

At the Australian National University, he was Professor of Linguistics from 1968 to 1987.

1976

Wurm was elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1976 and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1977.

1987

He was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, for "service to education, particularly in the field of linguistics".

In tribute to the scholarship of the man, the journal Oceanic Linguistics titled an article on Wurm "Linguist Extraordinaire".

2008

In recognition of Wurm's outstanding contribution, the Stephen Wurm Graduate Prize for Pacific Linguistic Studies was inaugurated in 2008.