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Daniel Everett
Linguist and author known for his decades with the Amazon’s Pirahã people
- Born1951
- FieldLinguistics
- BookDon’t Sleep, There Are Snakes
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Daniel Everett is 75 years old. He was born on July 26, 1951.
- Wikipedia: Daniel Everett, revision of Oct 25, 2026
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- Known for: American linguist and author
- Born: July 26, 1951
- Works at: Bentley University
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Career Highlights
- Daniel Leonard Everett is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin’s Pirahã people and their language.
- He is a professor of sociology at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 2010 to 2018.
- He previously chaired language and linguistics departments at Illinois State University and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Daniel Everett comes up in these episodes:
- The Joe Rogan Experience #2570 (full episode, Oct 23, 2026) with Joe Rogan, Kurt Metzger and Duncan Trussell: the linguist whose Amazon stories include two kinds of cannibalism.
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Who is Daniel Everett?
Daniel Leonard Everett is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin’s Pirahã people and their language.
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