Alfred Charles Gimson (7 June 1917 - 22 April 1985) was an English phonetician. The surname is pronounced ['gimsn] (with a hard, or velar, g, as in Gilbert ['gɪlbət]). June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... The English are a northern European ethnic group associated with England and the English language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word phone = sound/voice) is the study of speech sounds (voice). ...

He became a professor at London's University College London in 1966 and was head of its Department of Phonetics and Linguistics as from 1971. University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Gimson was a scholar of Daniel Jones, and as such extended Jones' theories on Phonetics. Daniel Jones (1881 - 1967) was a British phonetician. ...

Gimson's Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, first published in 1962, is still accepted as the standard description of Received Pronunciation. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the educated spoken English of southeastern England. ...