![]() ![]() The surprised director asked Whorf how he knew about the secret procedure, and he simply answered: “You couldn’t do it in any other way.” To support his wife and three kids at the time, he had taken a position as an inspector to the Hartford Fire Insurance Company(Wikimedia, 2021). Having been told what the plant produced, Whorf wrote a chemical formula on a piece of paper, saying to the director: “I think this is what you’re doing”. One anecdote describes him arriving at a chemical plant in which he was denied access by the director because he would not allow anyone to see the production procedure which was a trade secret. His job required him to travel to production facilities throughout New England to be inspected. He was particularly good at the job and was highly commended by his employers. Benjamin had studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering. He was also an avid reader, interested in botany, astrology, and Middle American prehistory. ![]() He would conduct experiments with chemicals from his father’s photographic equipment. Benjamin had been an intellectual from the start, it seems. Benjamin Whorf was born on April 24, 1897, in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Benjamin Whorf was a linguist and a fire prevention engineer. ![]()
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