- born in 1885, in Pentre, a mining village in Rhondda. His father was manager of the local colliery.[1]
- he was not bilingual, but both of his parents spoke Welsh and he was proud of that fact.[1]
- According to Collins & Mees, although his accent eventually became close to RP, he "retained faint traces of his native Welsh accent"[1]
- 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)[1]
- got promotion in 1921. [2]
- described as "a perfect teacher" who gave students an "eagerness to learn and try to imitate"[3]
- probably one of co-authors of Practical orthography of African languages[4]
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Collins, Beverly; Mees, Inger M. (1999). The Real Professor Higgins: The Life and Career of Daniel Jones. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 275, 353–354, et passim. doi:10.1515/9783110812367. ISBN 978-3-11-081236-7.
- ^ a b c d Collins & Mees 1999, p. 275.
- ^ Collins & Mees 1999, pp. 283–284.
- ^ Collins & Mees 1999, pp. 286–287.
- ^ Collins & Mees 1999, p. 300.