Giulio Lepschy

Giulio Ciro Lepschy (; 14 January 1935 – 8 February 2026) was an Italian linguist and academic. He was Professor of Italian at the University of Reading from 1975 to 1997.

Life and career Born in Venice in 1935, Lepschy attended the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He carried out research at various European universities until 1964, when he was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Reading. He was promoted to a readership in 1967 and then to Professor of Italian in 1975. He remained in that post full-time until 1997, when he reduced his workload to part-time; he retired completely in 2000.

In 1987, Lepschy was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities. He was admitted to the Accademia della Crusca in 1991, being appointed Accademico ordinario in 2010.

Lepschy died on 8 February 2026, at the age of 91.