Geoffrey Leech, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Leech

British linguist

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1936

Place of Birth: Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2014

Profession: university teacher, philologist, linguist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Geoffrey Neil Leech FBA (16 January 1936 – 19 August 2014) was a specialist in English language and linguistics.
He was the author, co-author or editor of over 30 books and over 120 published papers.
His main academic interests were English grammar, corpus linguistics, stylistics, pragmatics and semantics.