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Simon Horobin
Birth Date:	22 September 1972
Language:	English
Nationality:	British
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Simon Horobin (born 22 September 1972) is a British philologist and author.

Life and career

Horobin graduated from the University of Sheffield.^[1] He is a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College.^{[2] [3]}

He has been a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut, Harvard University, and Charles University. He has also acted as honorary secretary for the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.^[4]

Horobin has appeared on several radio and television programmes to discuss linguistic issues and has been interviewed for various articles in numerous national papers.^[5]

Selected publications

Books

• The Language of the Chaucer Tradition – D.S. Brewer, 2003
• Chaucer's Language – Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Studying the History of Early English – Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
• Does Spelling Matter? – Oxford University Press, 2013
• How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language – Oxford University Press, 2016
• The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2018
• Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language – Oxford University Press, 2019

Articles

• "Spelling It Out: Is It Time English Speakers Loosened Up"? (2014)
• "So Trump Makes Spelling Errors. In the Twitter Age, Whoo Doesn't"? (2017)
• "The True Importance of Good Spelling." (2017)
• "Trump's Covfefe Takes Hold in the Land of the Spelling Bee."
• Horobin . Simon . Identifying Scribal Hands: Principles and Problems . Speculum . 1 July 2024 . 99 . 3 . 688–696 . 10.1086/730563.

External links

• Simon Horobin at Magdalen College

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Simon Horobin - Magdalen College Oxford. www.magd.ox.ac.uk. 6 November 2017. en.
2. Web site: Does Spelling Matter?. Oxford University Press. 6 November 2017. 2 December 2014.
3. News: Clark. Nick. Gasps of shock at Hay Literary Festival as professor asks for grammar. 6 November 2017. The Independent. 29 May 2013.
4. Web site: Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Lincoln College, Oxford, Friday 16th April 2010 at 4.30pm. SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE. 6 November 2017.
5. Web site: Professor Simon Horobin.