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Simon Horobin (born 22 September 1972) is a British philologist and bestselling author.
Life
He graduated from the University of Glasgow.
Career
He is currently a Professor of English at the University of Oxford and he is also a Fellow of Magdalen College.
He has been a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut, Harvard University and Charles University.
Selected publications
Some of his books are:
- How English Became English: A short history of a global language
- Does Spelling Matter?
- Chaucer's Language
- Studying the History of Early English
- The Language of the Chaucer Tradition
- Pursuing Middle English Manuscripts and Their Texts: Essays in Honour of Ralph Hanna