Professor Martin Durrell (born 6 November 1943) is an English academic who is known for his study of the German language.
[1][2] In 1990, Durrell was appointed to the Henry Simon Chair of German at the University of Manchester,[3] until becoming professor emeritus at his retirement in 2008.
[2] Durrell graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in Modern & Medieval Languages before earning a Diploma in General Linguistics at the University of Manchester.
[1] From 1998 to 2008, Durrell was a member of the International Academic Council of the Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS).
[3] In 2002, Durrell was given the award of Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for his services to British-German understanding and, in 2020, received the prize of the Director of the Institut für Deutsche Sprache for lifetime achievement in international German linguistics.