Geoffrey Horrocks

Geoffrey Horrocks was born in Preston, England. He studied Ancient Greek Philology at the University of Cambridge, where he completed his dissertation on Homeric language and was elected a fellow at Downing College, Cambridge. He then taught linguistics for six years at the Department of Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. In 1983, he returned to Cambridge as a lecturer and was appointed Professor of Comparative Philology in 1997. His publications cover a wide range of linguistic and philological topics. He has authored books on generative grammar, expression, contemporary syntactic theory, and the expression of place and time in Homer, and has co-edited volumes on Greek morphology and syntax. His most influential book is "Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers," which spans from Linear B to the present day. He has also published many significant articles on the syntax of Modern Greek, the history and prehistory of the Greek epic tradition, ancient Greek dialects, and the syntax and morphology of Indo-European. Recently, he has been working on the history of Latin and, along with David Holton, is the academic lead of a major research project funded by the British Academy aimed at writing a grammar of Medieval Greek.