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- Sprigg, Keith, 1922-2011
- Sprigg, R. K. (Richard Keith), 1922-2011
- Sprigg, Richard Keith, 1922-
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1922-03-31
Death Date
- 2011-09-08
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1947
- Affiliation End: 1979
- Organization: University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies
Associated Locale
- England
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Phonology
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Sprigg, Richard Keith, 1922-
Sources
- found: Prosodic analysis and Asian linguistics, 1989:p. 1 (Richard Keith Sprigg; b. 3-31-1922) p. 2 (Ph. D., 1969, London University, Tibetan and Tibeto-Burman phonology)
- found: Balti-English, English-Balti dictionary, 2002:t.p. (R.K. Sprigg) p. vi (Keith Sprigg)
- found: SOAS website, Remembering Dr Richard Keith Sprigg: 1922-2011, 27 October 2011, viewed Feb. 18, 2018(Dr Richard Keith Sprigg, a reader in phonetics at SOAS until his retirement in 1979, passed away on 8 September, age 89; came to SOAS in 1947 as a lecturer; his research into the Tibetan language took him to Tibet in 1950, one of the last Europeans to visit the country before it came under Chinese rule; he retired at age 58 and moved to India with his wife, Ray, settling in Kalimpong, West Bengal, where he continued his studies; his main interest within linguistics was the study of 'prosodies' ('prosodic analysis'); returned to the UK in 2000 after his wife's death; remarried and settled in Crowborough, East Sussex; completed a Balti-English dictionary in 2002)
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Change Notes
- 1991-07-12: new
- 2018-03-24: revised
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