Alexander John Ellis
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English mathematician, philologist and musician
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Ellis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Kensington
- Occupation
- philologist
- Educated at
- Shrewsbury School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Image
- Alexander ellis.jpg
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of birth
- 1814-06-14
- date of death
- 1890-10-28
- member of
- Royal Society
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Alexander John Sharpe
- Commons category
- Alexander John Ellis
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Algebra identified with Geometry : By Alexander J. Ellis
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 1. On the pronunciation of the XIVth, XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries
On early English pronunciation. with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types .... by Alexander J. Ellis. 4. Illustrations of the pronunciation of English in the XVIIth, XVIIIth, and XIXth centuries : Leidiard, Bonaparte, Schmeller, Winkler ; received American and Irish pronunciation of English phonological introduction to dialects
On early English pronunciation. with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England, from the Anglosaxon period to the existing received and dialectal forms, with a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types .... by Alexander J. Ellis. 5. Existing dialectal as compared with West Saxon pronunciation
On early English pronunciation. with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types .... by Alexander J. Ellis. 2. On the pronunciation of the XIIIth and previous centuries of Anglosaxon, Icelandic, Old Norse and Gothic : with chronological tables of the value of letters and expressions of sound in English writing
On early English pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types.... Part 5. Existing dialectal as compared with West Saxon pronunciation
On Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer. containing an investigation of the correspondence of writting with speech in England from Anglo-Saxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types including a re-arrangement of Prof. F. J. Child's memoirs on the language of chaucer and gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salisbury on English, 1547, and welch, 1567, and by barcley in French, 1521
On early English pronunciation. with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types .... by Alexander J. Ellis. 3. illustrations of the pronunciation of the XIV and XVIth centuries. Chaucer, Grower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakespere, Salesbury, Barcley, Hart, Bullokar, Gill : Pronouncing vocabulary
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 4 = 23
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 1. On the pronunciation of the XIVth, XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 5 = 56
On the conditions of a universal language, in reference to the invitation of the American Philological Society of Philadelphia, U. S. to send delegates to a congress for perfecting a universal language on an Aryan basis, and its report on Volapük : By Alexander J. Ellis. <Read 15 June, 1888 ->
Bessel's Hypsometric Tables
English dialects - their sounds and homes : being an abridgment of the author's "Existing phonology of English dialects", which forms pt. 5 of his "Early English pronunciation", with a selection of the examples reduced to the glossic notation
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 2 = 7
On early English pronunciation with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer : containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England, from the Anglosaxian period to the existing received and dialectical forms, with a systematic notation of spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types, [2]. Existing dialectical as compared with West Saxon pronunciation ; [2]
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 3 = 14
Report on dialectal Work : By Alexander J. Ellis. [Read before the Philological Society, 7. May 1886 and 6. May 1887] (1. and 2. Report.)
Procesul volapükei : A. J. Ellis, Universal Languages. Extras din Transactions of the Philogical (!) Society of London de Joan P. Licherdopol
On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer ; containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary print. types. Including a re-arrangement of F. J. Child's Memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and repr. of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521, 4. On early English pronunciation, with a special reference to Shakespere and Chaucer : containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England, from the Anglosaxian period to the present day ...
On early English pronunciation with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer : containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England, from the Anglosaxian period to the existing received and dialectical forms, with a systematic notation of spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types, [1]. Existing dialectical as compared with West Saxon pronunciation ; [1]