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Daniel Jones

1881 - 1967

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Daniel Jones (12 September 1881 – 4 December 1967) was a British phonetician who studied under Paul Passy, professor of phonetics at the École des Hautes Études at the Sorbonne (University of Paris). He was head of the department of phonetics at University College London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Jones is the 104th most popular linguist (up from 107th in 2019), the 2,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,528th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Daniel Jones ranks 104 out of 214. Before him are Georg Curtius, Kazimieras Būga, Henry Watson Fowler, Agop Dilâçar, Teun A. van Dijk, and Heinrich Hübschmann. After him are Jules Gilliéron, Jan de Vries, Brian Houghton Hodgson, August Immanuel Bekker, Kunio Yanagita, and Albert Sechehaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Daniel Jones ranks 126. Before him are Vlas Chubar, Harry Hillman, Jānis Balodis, Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, and Zoltán Halmay. After him are Max Weber, Heinrich Burger, Edgar Leonard, Gunnar Nordström, Vilhelm Buhl, and Dimitrana Ivanova. Among people deceased in 1967, Daniel Jones ranks 149. Before him are Charles Bickford, Otto Erich Deutsch, Mischa Elman, Geki, Eddie Tolan, and Holland Smith. After him are Jaromír Weinberger, Ramón Encinas, André Cluytens, Evelyn Nesbit, Fernando Paternoster, and Samad Behrangi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Jones ranks 2,697 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken Armstrong (1924), Bill Slater (1927), Charles Lamb (1775), Tony Woodcock (1955), Mel Collins (1947), and Chas Chandler (1938). After him are Tony Cragg (1949), Gorden Kaye (1941), Noel Redding (1945), Pat Crerand (1939), Clive Sinclair (1940), and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Daniel Jones ranks 5. Before him are William Jones (1746), Michael Halliday (1925), Robert Morrison (1782), and Henry Watson Fowler (1858). After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), John Chadwick (1920), John Florio (1553), James Legge (1815), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), John Lyons (1932), and Henry Sweet (1845).

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