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Richard Hayward (linguist)

Born in 1937, Hayward attended the University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 and completing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976.^[1]

Hayward taught at a school in Yorkshire from 1968 to 1971, before being employed as a lecturer in linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies from 1971; promoted to reader in phonology in 1988,^[1] he was subsequently appointed professor of Ethiopian linguistic studies and gave his inaugural lecture in 1994.^[2] He retired in 2002^[3] and was appointed emeritus professor of Ethiopian linguistic studies.^[4]

In 1987, Hayward was elected a fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[4]

• The Arbore Language: A First Investigation, Including a Vocabulary, Kuschitische Sprachstudies, 2 (Hamburg: H. Buske, 1984). ISBN 978-3-87118-647-9
• (with Enid M. Parker) AnAfar–English–French Dictionary: With Grammatical Notes in English (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985). ISBN 978-0-7286-0124-6
• (editor) Omotic Language Studies (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1990). ISBN 978-0-7286-0166-6
• The Challenge of Omotic: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 17 February 1994 (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1995). ISBN 978-0-7286-0249-6
• (with Eshetu Chabo) Gamo–English–Amharic Dictionary: With an Introductory Grammar of Gamo (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014). ISBN 978-3-447-10109-7

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