[INDOLOGY] Franklin C. Southworth (1929-2025)

[Robert P. GOLDMAN]

So sorry to learn of the passing of Frank Southworth. He was a fine linguist who contributed greatly to the study of South Asian languages and a very accessible and a kind and decent person. I remember him fondly from my days as grad student  at Penn. Thanks for sharing the sad news, Deven.
Dr. R.P. Goldman
William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
and
Professor in the Graduate School
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
The University of California at Berkeley


> On Sep 20, 2025, at 10:14 AM, Deven Patel via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues:
> 
> It is with sadness that we report the passing of Franklin C. Southworth, Professor Emeritus in the Department of South Asia Regional Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin Southworth was a leading historical linguist of South Asia. Over the course of his distinguished career, Professor Southworth made foundational contributions to our understanding of the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan language families, their interactions, and the ways in which linguistic evidence can illuminate the prehistory of the subcontinent. His last academic contributions include an article entitled “Rice and Language Across Asia: Crops, Movement, and Social Change” (2011) and the Routledge volume Linguistic Archaeology of South Asia (2005), which synthesized decades of research into a landmark study of language contact, migration, and cultural exchange.  Trained in linguistics and anthropology, Professor Southworth spent much of his academic life at Penn, where he taught and mentored generations of students in South Asian linguistics, anthropology, and area studies.  
> 
> Professor Southworth's webpage gives a longer list of his intellectual contributions: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~fsouth/
> 
> Warmly,
> 
> Deven
> 
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> Deven M. Patel
> 
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Dr. R.P. Goldman
William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
and
Professor in the Graduate School
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
The University of California at Berkeley





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