Professor Philomen Probert FBA

Greek, Latin and Anatolian languages and literatures; history of linguistics, especially Greek and Latin grammarians; Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics; linguistic theory, especially prosody and diachronic syntax.
A photo of Philomen Probert FBA. Photo: David Jeffrey
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics; Fellow, Wolfson College

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