Richard Hayward (linguist)
Richard John Hayward, FBA (born 1937), often known as Dick Hayward, is a linguist and retired academic. He is emeritus professor of Ethiopian linguistic studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Career[edit]
Born in 1937, Hayward attended the University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 and completing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976.[1]
Hayward taught at a school in Yorkshire from 1968 to 1971, before being employed as a lecturer in linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies from 1971; promoted to reader in phonology in 1988,[1] he was subsequently appointed professor of Ethiopian linguistic studies and gave his inaugural lecture in 1994.[2] He retired in 2002[3] and was appointed emeritus professor of Ethiopian linguistic studies.[4]
In 1987, Hayward was elected a fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[4]
Publications[edit]
- The Arbore Language: A First Investigation, Including a Vocabulary, Kuschitische Sprachstudies, 2 (Hamburg: H. Buske, 1984). ISBN 978-3-87118-647-9
- (with Enid M. Parker) An Afar–English–French Dictionary: With Grammatical Notes in English (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985). ISBN 978-0-7286-0124-6
- (editor) Omotic Language Studies (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1990). ISBN 978-0-7286-0166-6
- The Challenge of Omotic: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 17 February 1994 (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1995). ISBN 978-0-7286-0249-6
- (with Eshetu Chabo) Gamo–English–Amharic Dictionary: With an Introductory Grammar of Gamo (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014). ISBN 978-3-447-10109-7
References[edit]
- ^ a b Richard Hodder-Williams, A Directory of Africanists in Britain (Bristol: University of Bristol, 1990), p. 55.
- ^ Richard J. Hayward, The Challenge of Omotic: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 17 February 1994 (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1995).
- ^ David Appleyard, "Ethiopian Studies at SOAS - Past, Present and Future", Anglo-Ethiopian Society, 23 May 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Professor Richard Hayward FBA", British Academy. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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