Philomen Probert

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| alma_mater = Exeter College, Oxford
St John's College, Oxford

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| doctoral_advisor = Anna Morpurgo Davies

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Wolfson College, Oxford

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Philomen Probert {{post-nominals|FBA}} (born 1973) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in linguistics. She is Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford.

Early life and education

From 1991 to 1995, Probert studied Literae Humaniores (i.e. classics) at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.{{cite web |title=Philomen Probert - Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Probert_Philomen/CV |website=Academy of Europe |accessdate=3 June 2018 |date=14 June 2016}} Remaining at Exeter College, she undertook postgraduate studies in general linguistics and comparative philology, completing her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1997. She then moved to St John's College, Oxford, where she undertook research towards her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree under the supervision of Anna Morpurgo Davies. She completed her DPhil in 2000 with a thesis titled "Studies in ancient Greek accentuation".{{cite web |title=Philomen Probert, 2006-07 |url=https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/2418 |website=The Center for Hellenic Studies |publisher=Harvard University |accessdate=3 June 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Probert |first1=Philomen |title=Studies in ancient Greek accentuation |url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367429 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board |accessdate=3 June 2018 |date=2000}} Her doctoral thesis won the 2002 Conington Prize from the Faculty of Classics.{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Probert_Philomen|title=Academy of Europe: Philomen Probert|website=www.ae-info.org}}

Academic career

In 1999, Probert was appointed lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and elected a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. In the 2006/2007 academic year, she researched relative clauses in Greek on fellowship at the Center of Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.{{Cite web|url=https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/2418|title=Bio: Philomen Probert|website=chs.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-26}} In 2011 she received a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to continue this research.{{cite web|url=https://www.britac.ac.uk/mid-career-fellowship-competition-2011-awards|title=BA Mid-Career Grants 2011|website=www.britac.ac.uk}} In September 2016, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics.{{cite journal |title=Recognition of Distinction |journal=Oxford University Gazette |date=29 September 2016 |volume=147 |issue=5143 |page=15 |url=https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/::ognode-145846::/files/29september2016-no5143redactedpdf |accessdate=3 June 2018}} She was the Acting President of Wolfson College between October 2017 and April 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/philomen-probert|title=Wolfson College: Philomen Probert|website=www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk}} In 2024 she was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.{{cite web |title=The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024 |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-british-academy-welcomes-86-new-fellows-in-2024/ |website=News |publisher=British Academy |access-date=18 July 2024}}

Her research is focused on Ancient Greek, Latin, Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics, and the Graeco-Roman grammatical tradition.{{cite web |title=Philomen Probert |url=http://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/people/philomen-probert |website=Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics |publisher=University of Oxford |accessdate=3 June 2018}}

Personal life

Probert entered a civil partnership with Eleanor Dickey in 2008,{{cite web|title=DICKEY, Prof. Eleanor|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U282243|website=Who's Who 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=14 February 2017|date=November 2016}} and they have since been married.{{cite web |last1=Dickey |first1=Eleanor |title=Professor Eleanor Dickey, Department of Classics, University of Reading |url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/staff/eleanor-dickey-fba |website=University of Reading |access-date=1 May 2024}}

Selected works

{{cite book |last1=Probert |first1=Philomen |title=A new short guide to the accentuation of Ancient Greek |date=2003 |publisher=Bristol Classical |location=Bristol |isbn=978-1853995996}}
{{cite book |last1=Probert |first1=Philomen |title=Ancient Greek accentuation synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0199279609}}
{{cite book |editor1-last=Probert |editor1-first=Philomen |editor2-last=Willi |editor2-first=Andreas |title=Laws and rules in Indo-European |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0199609925}}
{{cite book |last1=Probert |first1=Philomen |title=Early Greek Relative Clauses |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0198713821}}