Background
Hamp, Eric Pratt was born on November 16, 1920 in London. Son of William Pratt and Edith (McConkey) Hamp. came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1947.
Hamp, Eric Pratt was born on November 16, 1920 in London. Son of William Pratt and Edith (McConkey) Hamp. came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1947.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1942. Doctor of Humane Letters, Amherst College, 1972. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Wales, 1987. Felicitation, University Delhi, 1989.
Chief lend-lease government, Union South Africa, 1942-1946;
member of faculty, University of Chicago, since 1950;
professor linguistics, University of Chicago, 1962-1991;
professor behavioral science and psychology, University of Chicago, 1971-1991;
professor Slavic languages, University of Chicago, 1980-1991;
Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service professor, University of Chicago, 1973-1991;
Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service professor emeritus, University of Chicago, since 1991;
director Center Balkan and Slavic Studies, University of Chicago, 1965-1991;
department chairman linguistics, University of Chicago, 1966-1969;
research associate, School Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland, since 1989;
member department Albanian language, U. Shkodër, Albania, since 1994;
visiting lecturer, University of Michigan, 1953;
visiting lecturer, U. Washington, summer 1962;
member of staff, Gaelic Dialect Survey
member of staff, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1956, 57, 58, 84-;
Collitz professor, University Texas, summer 1960;
Thurneysen lecturer, U. Bonn., Federal Republic Germany, 1989;
Poultney lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1990. Visiting professor linguistics U. Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1964, 67, Indiana U., summer 1964, U. Copenhagen, 1966, U. Bucharest, Romania, 1975, U. Salzburg, Austria, 1979, 82, U. Calabria, Italy, 1989, 91, 93, 96, U. Shkodër, Albania, 1993, 96. United States cultural exchange lecturer Romania, summer 1966, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, spring 1975, 88.
Associate director Linguistic Institute University of Illinois, summer 1968. Visiting scholar Institute for Humanities, Pennsylvania State University, 1969, U. Vilnius, Lithuania, 1990. Chairman subcommittee linguistics Committee Institutional Cooperative, 1963-1966.
Member committee automatic language processing NAS-National Research Council, 1964. Member committee linguistic information Center Applied Linguistics, 1964-1968. Chairman of Commission language programs.
American Council Learned Socs., 1963-1969. Member international advisory board U. Leiden Institute Language Description and Comparision, since 1987, committee linguistic atlas Scotland (Gaelic section), since 1986. Member linguistic committee Indiana U. Press, 1965-1973.
Chairman Committee for Illinois Place-Name Survey, since 1966. Member area advising committee for E. Europe, Council International Exch. Scholars, 1966-1978; member of advisory subcommittee for linguistics National Science Foundation, 1977-1979.
Member American committee Association International d'Etudes du Sud-Est Européen, since 1968, chairman 1979-1985. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1972-1977. Member International Committee Study Celtic Cultures, since 1983.
Member committee International England Braille Linguistics, since 1994.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (membership committee 1982-1984), American Anthropological Association, Royal Society Edinburgh (honorary). Member Modern Language Association (secretary Celtic section 1954, 78, also other positions), Royal Irish Academy (honorary), American Association Promotion of Bulgarian Culture (honorary chairman since 1991), Kosovë Academy of Sciences and Arts (honorary), Society Bulgarian Linguists (honorary member since 1986, Sofia), American Philosophical Society (member various committees), Linguistic Society of America (executive committee 1954-1956, vice president 1963, 70, president 1971, also other positions since 1960), Society European Anthroplogy, Society Linguistic Anthropological, Philological Society (London), Scottish Gaelic Texts Society, Medieval Academy Ireland, Forum on Languages of Scotland and Ulster, Society de Linguistique de Paris, Society Linguistica Europea, Society Italiana di Glottologia, Society Filologica Friulana, Acoustical Society of America, American Names Society (board managers 1969-1972), Traditional Cosmology Society, Association Advancement of Baltic Studies, North Center Name Society, American Association Southeast European Studies, Bulgarian Studies Association, Romanian Studies Association (director 1976-1979, nominating committee 1984-1985), Society Slovene Studies ( editorial committee since 1979), Society Albanian Studies (executive committee since 1978), Society Armenian Studies, Society for Study Caucasia, Celtic Studies Association, North America (permanent honorary member, chairman nominating committee 1986-1987), Gypsy Lore Society, Society Study Indigenous Languages Americans (vice president 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margot Faust, September 29, 1951. Children: Julijana, Alexander.