Peter Cole (1941–2023) was an American linguist who made notable contributions to comparative grammar, in particular to the study of Hebrew, Quechua, Chinese and Malay syntax.
Cole attended Bard College and first worked as an English teacher in Mexico, Venezuela and Israel.
[2] After teaching there for 15 years, he moved to the University of Delaware, where he worked until his retirement in 2019.
For many years, Cole was an associate editor of the journal Linguistic Inquiry.
Cole was married to linguist Gabriella Hermon, with whom he coauthored numerous works.