John C. Wells

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.

For other people with the same name, see John Wells.

John C. Wells
John C. Wells in the Netherlands in 2008
Born
John Christopher Wells

(1939-03-11) 11 March 1939
Bootle, Lancashire, England
Academic background
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.)
  • University of London (M.A., Ph.D.)
ThesisPhonological Adaptation in the Speech of Jamaicans in the London Area (1971)
Doctoral advisorJoseph Desmond O'Connor
Academic work
DisciplinePhonetician
InstitutionsUniversity College London (1962–2006)
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