Geoffrey K. Pullum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Geoffrey K. Pullum

British-American linguist

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Geoffrey Keith Pullum (; born March 8, 1945) is a British-American linguist specialising in the study of English.
Since 2007 he has been Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Pullum is a co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002), a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English.
He is also a contributor to Language Log and Lingua Franca at The Chronicle of Higher Education.