Larry Trask

Larry Trask
Larry Trask
Born	Robert Lawrence Trask; 10 November 1944; Olean, New York, U.S.
Died	27 March 2004 (aged 59); Brighton, England
Spouses	Esther Barrutia (divorced); Jan Lock;
Academic background
Education	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.Sc. in chemistry); Brandeis University (M.Sc. in chemistry); Polytechnic of Central London (B.A. in linguistics); School of Oriental and African Studies (Ph.D. in linguistics);
Thesis	Synchronic and Diachronic Studies in the Grammar of Basque (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Ernest Bazell
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Institutions	Middle East Technical University (c. 1970); Polytechnic of Central London (1970s); University of Liverpool (1979–1988); University of Sussex (1988–2004);
Main interests	Basque language; Historical linguistics;
Website	The Larry Trask Archive

Robert Lawrence Trask (10 November 1944 – 27 March 2004) was an American-British professor of linguistics at the University of Sussex, and an authority on the Basque language and the field of historical linguistics.

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