Simon Horobin
Simon Horobin | |
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Born | 22 September 1972 |
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Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Subject | Linguistics |
Simon Horobin (born 22 September 1972) is a British philologist and author.
Life and career
[edit]Horobin graduated from the University of Sheffield.[1] He is a professor of English language and literature at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College.[2][3] Prior to joining Magdalen in 2006, Horobin was a reader of English language at the University of Glasgow.[4]
He has been a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut, Harvard University, and Charles University.[1] He has also acted as honorary secretary for the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.[5]
Horobin has appeared on several radio and television programmes to discuss linguistic issues and has been interviewed for various articles in numerous national papers.[6]
Selected publications
[edit]Books
[edit]- The Language of the Chaucer Tradition – D.S. Brewer, 2003
- Chaucer's Language – Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
- Studying the History of Early English – Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- Does Spelling Matter? – Oxford University Press, 2013
- How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language – Oxford University Press, 2016
- The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2018
- Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language – Oxford University Press, 2019
Articles
[edit]- "Spelling It Out: Is It Time English Speakers Loosened Up"? (2014)
- "So Trump Makes Spelling Errors. In the Twitter Age, Whoo Doesn't"? (2017)
- "The True Importance of Good Spelling." (2017)
- "Trump's Covfefe Takes Hold in the Land of the Spelling Bee."
- Horobin, Simon (1 July 2024). "Identifying Scribal Hands: Principles and Problems". Speculum. 99 (3): 688–696. doi:10.1086/730563.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Professor Simon Horobin – Magdalen College Oxford". www.magd.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Does Spelling Matter?". Oxford University Press. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Clark, Nick (29 May 2013). "Gasps of shock at Hay Literary Festival as professor asks for grammar". The Independent. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Professor Simon Horobin". Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Lincoln College, Oxford, Friday 16th April 2010 at 4.30pm" (PDF). Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Professor Simon Horobin".
External links
[edit]- British philologists
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Chaucer scholars
- English academics of English literature
- 21st-century English male writers
- British linguist stubs
- English academic biography stubs