User:Umimmak/sandbox/Arthur Lloyd James


 * born in 1885, in Pentre, a mining village in Rhondda. His father was manager of the local colliery.
 * he was not bilingual, but both of his parents spoke Welsh and he was proud of that fact.
 * According to Collins & Mees, although his accent eventually became close to RP, he "retained faint traces of his native Welsh accent"


 * went to University of Wales at Cardaff, got 3rd class degree in French
 * enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge. Specialized in Old French.
 * Taught French and phonetics at London teacher-training college
 * joined jOne's dept in 1920
 * IN 1927, became head of phonetics dept at SOS.
 * In 1933, became chair and second professor of phonetics


 * better known nationally for work with BBC
 * Honorary Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Spoken English, and later on, in 1938, as the first BBC linguistic adviser.
 * responsible for spread of concept of BBC English (w/ DJ)


 * got promotion in 1921.


 * described as "a perfect teacher" who gave students an "eagerness to learn and try to imitate"


 * probably one of co-authors of Practical orthography of African languages

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