Barbara Strang

Barbara Strang née Barbara Mary Hope Carr later Lady Strang (20 April 1925 – 11 April 1982) was a British English language scholar. She was the first Chair of English Language and General Linguistics at Newcastle University.

Life Strang was born in Penge, London, in 1925. Her parents were Frederick and Amy Carr. Her schooling was affected by the war as her convent school in Croydon was moved to Wales and for her first year at King's College, London she was attending lectures in Bristol.

Death and legacy Strang died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage at her home in Morpeth in 1982. In 1988 a collection of essays on English linguistics was published in her memory. Her university named the Barbara Strang Teaching Centre after her.

Works Modern English Structure. London: E. Arnold, 1962. A History of English. London: Methuen, 1970.