John T. Koch
John T. Koch | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Celtic studies |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Harvard University Boston College Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales |
| Notable ideas | Celtic from the West hypothesis |
John Thomas Koch FLSW (born 1953) is an American academic, historian, and linguist who specializes in Celtic studies, especially prehistory, and the early Middle Ages. He is the editor of the five-volume Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia (2006, ABC Clio). He is perhaps best known as the leading proponent of the Celtic from the West hypothesis.