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John Rupert Firth

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According to Wikipedia, John Rupert Firth OBE , commonly known as J. R. Firth, was an English linguist and a leading figure in British linguistics during the 1950s. Education and career Firth studied history at University of Leeds, graduating with a BA in 1911 and an MA in 1913. He taught history at the City of Leeds Training College before World War I broke out. He joined the Indian Education Service during 1914–1918. He was Professor of English at the University of the Punjab from 1919 to 1928. He then worked in the phonetics department of University College London before moving to the School of Oriental and African Studies , where he became Professor of General Linguistics, a position he held until his retirement in 1956.

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