Eric P. Hamp
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1920 to 2019 · aged 98
Eric Pratt Hamp was an American linguist widely respected as a leading authority on Indo-European linguistics, with particular interests in Celtic languages and Albanian.
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Unlike many Indo-Europeanists, who work entirely on the basis of written materials, he conducted extensive fieldwork on lesser-known Indo-European languages and dialects, such as Albanian, Arbëresh and Arvanitika; Breton; Welsh; Irish; Resian and Scots Gaelic.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1920 to 2019 · aged 98
