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Guy Deutscher (linguist)
Guy
Deutscher
is an
Israeli
linguist
.
He is an Honorary
Research Fellow
at the
University of Manchester
and was a
professor
in the Department of Languages and
Cultures
of
Ancient Mesopotamia
at the
University of Leiden
in
the Netherlands
. He received an
undergraduate degree
in
mathematics
at
University of Cambridge
, before going on to earn a Ph.D in
linguistics
there. After that he
undertook
research in
Historical Linguistics
at
St John's College, Cambridge
.
Guy is
the father
of
Alma Deutscher
, a
child prodigy
composer
and musician.
Awards and honours
2011
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
,
shortlist
,
Through
the Language
Glass
Selected works
Books
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