Simon Horobin

Simon Horobin (born 22 September 1972) is a British philologist and author.

Simon Horobin
Born	(1972-09-22) 22 September 1972 (age 52)
Occupation	Philologist author
Language	English
Nationality	British
Subject	Linguistics

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] Prior to joining Magdalen in 2006, Horobin was a reader of English language at the University of Glasgow.^[4]

He has been a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut, Harvard University, and Charles University.^[1] He has also acted as honorary secretary for the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.^[5]

Horobin has appeared on several radio and television programmes to discuss linguistic issues and has been interviewed for various articles in numerous national papers.^[6]

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 (1 July 2024). "Identifying Scribal Hands: Principles and Problems". Speculum. 99 (3): 688–696. doi:10.1086/730563.