Warren Cowgill

Warren Cowgill (/ˈkoʊɡɪl/;[1] December 19, 1929 – June 20, 1985) was an American linguist. He was a professor of linguistics at Yale University and the Encyclopædia Britannica's authority on Indo-European linguistics.[2] Cowgill was unusual among Indo-European linguists of his time in believing that Indo-European should be classified as a branch of Indo-Hittite, with Hittite as a sister language of the Indo-European languages, rather than a daughter language.

Warren Cowgill
BornDecember 19, 1929
DiedJune 20, 1985(1985-06-20) (aged 55)
CitizenshipAmerican
Academic background
EducationStanford University
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University

Warren Cowgill and his twin brother, anthropologist George Cowgill, were born near Grangeville, Idaho. Along with his brother, he graduated from Stanford University in 1952 and received a Ph.D. from Yale in 1957. He was a member of the Yale faculty in the Department of Linguistics until his death in 1985.[3][4]

Notes
  1. Cowgill, Warren C. (2006). Klein, Jared (ed.). Cowgill on Cowgill: Autobiographical Letter to the LSA Archives. Beech Stave Press. p. xlvii. ISBN 0-9747927-1-3. the first syllable rhymes with know, not with how.
  2. "Indo-European languages," Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite, Chicago 2007.
  3. "Dr. Warren C. Cowgill". The New York Times. 1985-06-25. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
  4. "Linguistics at Yale University". Retrieved 2007-03-23.


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