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Intro
British linguist
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Male
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Birth:
19 December 1909
Death:
4 July 1992
The details
Biography
David Abercrombie (19 December 1909 – 4 July 1992) was a British phonetician who established the Department of Phonetics at the University of Edinburgh. He was a student of J. R. Firth and Daniel Jones. He retired as Professor of Phonetics in 1980 and died in Edinburgh at the age of 82. He was a son of Lascelles Abercrombie.