Almut Hintze, FBA (born 7 June 1957) is an academic, philologist, linguist and scholar of Indo-Iranian studies and Zoroastrianism.
Born in West Germany on 7 June 1957, Almut Hintze completed her undergraduate degree in classics at the Heidelberg University in 1984.
She then studied for a Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford, which was awarded in 1986, before she completed her doctorate (Dr phil.)
[1][2] According to her British Academy profile, Hintze's research focuses on "the languages, religions and history of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia with special attention to Zoroastrianism" and "Ancient and Middle Iranian philology and linguistics".
[3] Hintze is married to Eugenio Biagini, a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University.