Stephen Ullmann
| Professor Stephen Ullmann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 July 1914 Budapest, Hungary, |
| Died | 10 January 1976 (aged 61) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British Hungarian |
| Notable work | The Principles of Semantics, The Epic of the Finnish nation |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Ullmann (1939–1976; his death) |
| Children | Diana, Michael, Patricia |
Stephen Ullmann (Hungarian: Ullmann István; 31 July 1914 – 10 January 1976) was a Hungarian linguist who spent most of his life in England and wrote about style and semantics in Romance and common languages.
Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, Ullmann achieved degrees from Eötvös Loránd University (otherwise known as the University of Budapest) and the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After working for the BBC Monitoring Service during the Second World War, Ullmann gained an appointment as lecturer in Philology and Linguistics at the University of Glasgow in 1946. He was promoted to a senior lectureship in 1950, after having having graduated DLitt on 5 November 1949 with the thesis titled "The Principles of Semantics" which had a profound influence on the Linguistics field.
Ullmann later taught at the University of Leeds where he was Professor of French Language and Romance Philology from 1953 to 1968, and at Oxford University. In 1974 he spent five months as a visitor at the Australian National University's department of Romance languages, where he lectured on "Words and their meanings".
Ullmann’s ideas on semantics are said to be backed up by a wealth of published materials from across Europe. In addition, his works were translated into a variety of languages, such as French, Russian, and Japanese.
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