Hans Henrich Hock, Date of Birth

Hans Henrich Hock

American linguist

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1938

Profession: linguist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hans Henrich Hock (born September 26, 1938) is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Sanskrit at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hock holds a Ph.D.
in linguistics from Yale University.
His research interests include general historical and comparative linguistics, as well as the linguistics of Sanskrit.
He currently teaches general historical linguistics, Indo-European linguistics, Sanskrit, diachronic sociolinguistics, pidgins and creoles, and the history of linguistics.
He has served on the Undergraduate Program Committee of the Department of Linguistics since 1993.