Anna Morpurgo Davies

Anna Elbina Morpurgo Davies, DBE, FSA, FBA (21 June 1937 – 27 September 2014) was an Italian philologist who specialised in comparative Indo-European linguistics. She spent her career at Oxford University, where she was the Professor of Comparative Philology and Fellow of Somerville College.

Anna Morpurgo Davies

DBE FSA FBA
Born
Anna Morpurgo

(1937-06-21)21 June 1937
Milan, Italy
Died27 September 2014(2014-09-27) (aged 77)
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Rome La Sapienza
OccupationProfessor of Comparative Philology
Employer(s)Somerville College
University of Oxford
Known forStudies of Indo-European, Greek, and Anatolian linguistics; Linear B; history of linguistics
Spouse
(m. 19621978)
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