Colin Gorrie
Founder & Writer at Dead Language Society
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolColin Gorrie is a linguist-turned-founder who blends 14 years of software and data experience with deep expertise in historical linguistics to make the story of English accessible to broad audiences. He founded the Dead Language Society (35,000+ subscribers, Substack Top 30 History) and builds multimedia courses and a YouTube channel to teach Old English, Latin, and Old Norse through narrative and comprehensible input rather than drills. Academically trained (PhD, University of Arizona; BA, University of Toronto) with peer-reviewed work on Niuean and Scottish Gaelic, he pairs rigorous research with practical product skills from full‑stack development roles. He has shipped production systems in TypeScript, React, Node, Python and helped teams adopt testing, TDD, and SOLID practices while also appearing on NPR. Unusually, he recently published a story-length prose reader in Old English—arguably the first in about a millennium—demonstrating his commitment to creative public scholarship. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, he continues to build accessible language learning media and run an online institute for ancient languages.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaB.A. Linguistics, B.A. Linguistics at University of TorontoHillfield Strathallan College
English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
react4
visualize3
tailwindcss3
nextjs3
garden2
python2
pytorch2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
colingorrie/flask-boilerplate
Apr 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
colingorrie/laapsi-processing
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
repo to set up processing scripts and data for LAAPSI
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes in 2 days
pythonset-up
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