John Laver

John Laver
CBE FBA FRSE
Born
John David Michael Henry Laver

(1938-01-20)20 January 1938
Nowshera, British India
Died6 May 2020(2020-05-06) (aged 82)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhonetician
Notable work
  • The Phonetic Description of Voice Quality (1980)
  • Principles of Phonetics (1994)

John David Michael Henry Laver, CBE, FBA, FRSE (20 January 1938 – 6 May 2020) was a British phonetician. He was Deputy Principal & Deputy Vice Patron as well as Emeritus professor of speech sciences at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University, and served as president of the International Phonetic Association from 1991 to 1995.

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