Rodney Huddleston

Rodney Desmond Huddleston
Born (1937-04-04) 4 April 1937 (age 87)
Citizenship
  • British
  • Australian
Alma mater
Known for
Spouses
  • Joan Mulholland (1965–78)
  • Cheryll Jacklin (1978-1985)
  • Vivienne Pool (1988–)
Awards
  • Leonard Bloomfield Book Award (2004; shared with Geoff Pullum)
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities, awarded a Personal Chair
  • 'Excellence in Teaching' award
  • Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of linguistics
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisDescriptive and comparative analysis of text in French and English (1963)
Doctoral advisorMichael Halliday
Doctoral studentsFrancis Bond

Rodney D. Huddleston (born 4 April 1937) is a British linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English.

Huddleston is the primary author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (ISBN 0-521-43146-8), which presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English.