- Alfred C. Gimson
Alfred Charles Gimson (
7 June 1917 -22 April 1985 ; his surname is pronounced IPA| ['gɪmsn̩] ) was an Englishphonetician . He was known to generations of students and colleagues simply as 'Gim'.Gimson was educated at
Emanuel School London, andUniversity College London , where later in 1966 he became Professor of Phonetics, and in 1971 head of the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics.He was a pupil and colleague of Daniel Jones, and is known for having updated and extended Jones’s description of standard British English pronunciation (Received Pronunciation, or RP). Through his "Introduction to the Pronunciation of English", first published in 1962, Gimson is still regarded as the recognised authority on
Received Pronunciation . He succeeded Jones as editor of the "English Pronouncing Dictionary", making significant changes to its content and presentation.External links
* [http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/gimson-ELL.pdf A biography, by John Ch. Wells, Gimson’s successor at University College, London]
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