!!Geoffrey Leech
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[Obituary|http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/geoffreyleech], by Greg Myers, Head of Department, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
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!Curriculum vitae
[Long CV|CV2012.pdf] (August 2012)
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__Present post:__ Professor Emeritus, English Linguistics, Lancaster University
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__Degrees:__ 
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*B.A. (1959), M.A. (1963), PhD (1968), all at the University of London
*Fil.Dr. (Honorary Doctorate) University of Lund (1987)
*Hon.D.Litt., University of Wolverhampton (2002)
*D.Litt., Lancaster University (2002)
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__Fellowships, etc.:__	
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*Harkness Fellowship (held at MIT) (1964-5)
*Fellow of the British Academy (1987-)
*Member of Academia Europaea (1989-)
*Fellow, University College London (1989-)
*Member, Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (1993-)
*Honorary Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University (1994-)
*Honorary Fellow, Lancaster University (2009-)
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__Previous posts:	__
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*Assistant Lecturer in English, University College London (1962-5)
*Lecturer in English, University College London (1965-9)
*Reader in English Language, Lancaster University (1969-74)
*Professor of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster University (1974-96)
*Research Professor in English Linguistics (1997-2001)
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__Other positions at Lancaster:__
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*Chairman, Institute for English Language Education (1985-90)
*Joint Director, Unit for Computer Research on the English Language [UCREL] (1984-95)
*Chair, University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language [UCREL] (1995-2002)
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__Main academic interests:__  
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English grammar, semantics, stylistics, pragmatics and corpus linguistics.