David Abercrombie (linguist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDavid Abercrombie (linguist)
British linguist
Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1909
Date of Death: 04-Jul-1992
Profession: linguist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About David Abercrombie (linguist)
- 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.
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