Firth, John Rupert (1890-1960): Professor of General Linguistics, Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, 1932-1956

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Succeeded Arthur Lloyd James as Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics during Second World War; devised system for training radio-telephonists to record Japanese.

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Firth: see Arnold and Shackle, 'SOAS Since the Sixties', pp.31, 35, 68-9; Phillips, 'School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1917-1967', pp.35, 44, 47

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Firth, John Rupert (1890-1960): Professor of General Linguistics, Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, 1932-1956SOAS/SPA/4/12

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Simon, W.: Professor of Chinese, Head of the department of the Far East, 1937 - 1960SOAS/SPA/4/41

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Firth, John Rupert (1890-1960): Professor of General Linguistics, Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, 1932 - 1956SOAS/SPA/4/43

Ross, Sir Edward Denison, Professor of Persian and first Director of the School 1916 - 1938SOAS/SPA/4/44

Barnett, Dr L. D.: Senior Lecturer in Indian History and Sanskrit (appointed c 1917), Librarian 1940 - 1947SOAS/SPA/4/45

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Dodwell, H. H.: Professor of Oriental History, Head of Department of History, 1922 - 1946SOAS/SPA/4/47

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Scott, N. C.: Professor of Phonetics, Head of Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, 1943 - 1966SOAS/SPA/4/55

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Ross, Sir Edward Denison: Professor of Persian and first Director of the School 1916 - 1938SOAS/SPA/4/57

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Turner, Sir Ralph: Professor of Sanskrit (appointed 1922); Director 1938-1957; author of A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages (1966, still in print)SOAS/SPA/4/59

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