Background
Pilch, Herbert Leo was born on February 13, 1927 in Wehlau, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Leo Kurt Karl and Dorotea Wilhelmine (Schinz) Pilch.
Pilch, Herbert Leo was born on February 13, 1927 in Wehlau, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Leo Kurt Karl and Dorotea Wilhelmine (Schinz) Pilch.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany, 1951. Diploma in teaching, University Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany, 1952. Venia legendi, University Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany, 1957.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University St. Andrews, 1984. Doctor (honorary), University Iasi, Romania, 1993.
Instructor University Kiel, 1952-1953, lecturer, 1957-1959. Deputy professor University Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, 1959-1960. Associate professor University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1960-1961.
Full professor English language University Freiburg, Germany, since 1961. Research fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1953-1954. Visiting professor Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 1969, Lomonosov-U. Moscow, 1976, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977-1978, University Lower Brittany, Brest, France, 1986, 89-90.
Chairman Democratic Ecology Party, Baden-Wüttemberg, 1986-1988. Chairman Indiana Ecologists of Germany, since 1993. Fellow International Society Phonetic Sciences.
Member World Linguistic Circle (executive committee since 1978), European Society Linguistics (president 1990-1991), Society Functional Linguistics, German Science Foundation (senator 1964-1970).
Married Annegret Harms, November 7, 1959. Children: Hartmut, Gudrun.