Philomen Probert
English philologist
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Philomen Probert FBA (born 1973) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in linguistics. She is Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford.
Philomen Probert FBA | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 52–53) |
| Title | Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford St John's College, Oxford |
| Thesis | Studies in ancient Greek accentuation (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anna Morpurgo Davies |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics Linguistics |
| Institutions | Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford Wolfson College, Oxford |
Early life and education
Probert was born in 1973 in London, England.[1] From 1991 to 1995, she studied Literae Humaniores (i.e. classics) at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[2] Remaining at Exeter College, she undertook postgraduate studies in general linguistics and comparative philology, completing her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1997.[2] She then moved to St John's College, Oxford, where she undertook research towards her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree under the supervision of Anna Morpurgo Davies.[2] She completed her DPhil in 2000 with a thesis titled "Studies in ancient Greek accentuation".[3][4] Her doctoral thesis won the 2002 Conington Prize from the Faculty of Classics.[5]
Academic career
In 1999, Probert was appointed lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and elected a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.[2] In the 2006/2007 academic year, she researched relative clauses in Greek on fellowship at the Center of Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.[6] In 2011 she received a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to continue this research.[7] In September 2016, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics.[8] She was the Acting President of Wolfson College between October 2017 and April 2018.[9] In 2024, she was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.[10]
Her research is focused on Ancient Greek, Latin, Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics, and the Graeco-Roman grammatical tradition.[11]
Personal life
Probert entered a civil partnership with Eleanor Dickey in 2008,[12] and they have since been married.[13]
Selected works
- Probert, Philomen (2003). A new short guide to the accentuation of Ancient Greek. Bristol: Bristol Classical. ISBN 978-1853995996.
- Probert, Philomen (2006). Ancient Greek accentuation synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199279609.
- Probert, Philomen; Willi, Andreas, eds. (2012). Laws and rules in Indo-European. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199609925.
- Probert, Philomen (2015). Early Greek Relative Clauses. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198713821.