John T. Koch | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Celtic studies |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions | Harvard University Boston College Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales |
Notable ideas | Celtic from the West hypothesis |
John Thomas Koch[1] FLSW (born 1953) is an American academic, historian, and linguist who specializes in Celtic studies, especially prehistory, and the early Middle Ages.[2] He is the editor of the five-volume Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia (2006, ABC Clio). He is perhaps best known as the leading proponent of the Celtic from the West hypothesis.