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- Born
- ( 1941-07-06 ) 6 July 1941 (age 84) , Lisburn , Northern Ireland
- Alma mater
- University College London
- Spouse
- Hilary Crystal
- Children
- Ben Crystal
- Fields
- Linguistics
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- davidcrystal .com
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David Crystal (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist who studies the English language.
Crystal studied English at University College London and has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He was awarded an OBE in 1995 and a Fellowship of the British Academy in 2000. Crystal was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Lancaster University in 2013. Crystal is a proponent of Internet linguistics and has also been involved in Shakespeare productions, providing guidance on original pronunciation.
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1941 births20th-century British non-fiction writersAcademics of Bangor UniversityAlumni of University College LondonApplied linguistsBritish male non-fiction writersBritish people of Jewish descentBritish Roman CatholicsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsFellows of the British AcademyFellows of the Chartered Institute of LinguistsFellows of the Learned Society of WalesIncomplete lists from July 2016Linguists from the United KingdomLinguists of EnglishLiving peopleOfficers of the Order of the British EmpirePeople educated at St Mary's College, CrosbyPeople from AngleseyPeople from HolyheadShakespearean scholarsWriters from Lisburn