Richard Coates

Richard Coates
Born16 April 1949 (1949-04-16) (age 76)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forHistorical linguistics
Philology of northern and western European languages
Onomastics, especially place-names,
theory of names and naming
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of the West of England, Bristol (previously at University of Sussex)
Doctoral advisorJohn Trim
Other academic advisorsPieter A. M. Seuren, Erik C. Fudge, Roy A. Wisbey, Peter Rickard, Martin Harris

Richard Coates (born 16 April 1949, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and educated at Wintringham School) is an English linguist. He was professor of Linguistics (alternatively professor of Onomastics) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, now emeritus.