David Abercrombie
Deceased Person
1909 – 1992
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Who was David Abercrombie?
David Abercrombie 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.
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