Robert Phillipson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Phillipson

British linguist

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1942

Place of Birth: England, United Kingdom

Profession: linguist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Robert Henry Lawrence Phillipson (born 18 March 1942 in Gourock, Scotland) is Research Professor at Copenhagen Business School's Department of English.
He is perhaps best known for writing Linguistic Imperialism and English-Only Europe?: Challenging Language Policy (translated into Esperanto by István Ertl: Cu nur-angla Europo? Defio al lingva politiko).
He graduated as an undergraduate from Cambridge University He got his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and his interests include language pedagogy, language policy, and linguistic human rights. On 21 February 2010, Phillipson was awarded the Linguapax Prize along with Miquel Siguan i Soler.
The Linguapax Institute describes them as "renowned advocates of multilingual education as a factor of peace and of linguistic rights against cultural and linguistic homogenization processes".