John C. Wells

1939 -

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country of citizenship: United Kingdom

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: Esperanto, English, Welsh

educated at: University of London, Trinity College, St John's School, Leatherhead

occupation: linguist, Esperantist, esperantologist, university teacher

position held: President of the Universal Esperanto Association, president of the Academy of Esperanto

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)