Philological Society
Appearance
The Philological Society, or London Philological Society, is the oldest learned society in Great Britain dedicated to the study of language. The society was established in 1842 to "investigate and promote the study and knowledge of the structure, the affinities, and the history of languages".[1] The society publishes a journal, Transactions of the Philological Society, three times a year and a monograph series.
List of presidents
- 1976–1980: Anna Morpurgo Davies
- 1980–1984: Ilya Gershevitch
- 1984–1988: Eugénie Henderson
- 1988–1992: R. H. Robins
- 1992–1996: P. H. Matthews
- 1996–2000: Rebecca Posner
- 2000–2003: Nigel Vincent
- 2003-2007: Nicholas Sims-Williams
- 2007–2009: Keith Brown
- 2009–2013: Sylvia Adamson
- 2013–2017: Wendy Ayres-Bennett
- 2017–present: Aditi Lahiri
See also
References
- ^ "The Philological Society – About Us". Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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