Adam Kilgarriff
Adam Kilgarriff | |
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Kilgarriff in June 2014 | |
| Born | 12 February 1960 Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Died | 16 May 2015 (aged 55) Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University, University of Sussex |
| Known for | Sketch Engine, word sketches |
| Spouse | Gill Lamden |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, computer lexicography |
| Institutions | Lexical Computing Limited, University of Leeds |
| Thesis | Polysemy (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerald Gazdar, Roger Evans |
| Website | kilgarriff |
Adam Kilgarriff (12 February 1960 – 16 May 2015) was a corpus linguist, lexicographer, and co-author of Sketch Engine.