John C. Wells
John C. Wells | |
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Wells in 2008 | |
| Born | John Christopher Wells 11 March 1939 Bootle, Lancashire, England |
| Partner |
Gabriel Parsons (died 2023) |
| Academic background | |
| Education |
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| Thesis | Phonological Adaptation in the Speech of Jamaicans in the London Area (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Desmond O'Connor |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Phonetician |
| Institutions | University College London (1962–2006) |
John Christopher Wells (born 11 March 1939) is a British phonetician and Esperantist. Wells is a professor emeritus at University College London, where until his retirement in 2006 he held the departmental chair in phonetics. He is known for his work on the Esperanto language and his invention of the standard lexical sets and the X-SAMPA phonetic script system.