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Daniel Jones

Phonetician, born in London, UK. He was called to the bar in 1907, when he was also appointed lecturer in phonetics at University College London (professor 1921–49). He collaborated with others in compiling Cantonese (1912), Sechuana (1916), and Sinhalese (1919) phonetic readers. He wrote An Outline of English Phonetics (1916), and compiled an English Pronouncing Dictionary (1917, 15th edn 1997). His other works included The Phoneme (1950), and Cardinal Vowels (1956). He was secretary (1928–49) then president (1950–67) of the International Phonetic Association.

Daniel Jones or Dan Jones may refer to:

Daniel Jones (phonetician) (1881–1967), phonetician, author of The Pronunciation of English Daniel Jones (composer), (1912–1993) Welsh composer Dan Jones (composer), British composer and sound designer Daniel Jones (musician), Australian musician, member of Savage Garden Dan Jones (politician) (1908–1985), British politician, MP for Burnley 1959–1983 Daniel Jones (documentarian), American film maker, founder of The Blanket Statement Productions Dan Jones (artist) (born 1962), American rock musician, figurative painter Daniel Jones (born 1992 as Daniel John Jones), musician, vocalist in the British rock group 4 piece set

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