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Alexander John Ellis

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Alexander John Ellis, was an English mathematician, philologist, and early phonetician who also influenced the field of musicology. He changed his name from his father's name, Sharpe, to his mother's maiden name, Ellis, in 1825 as a condition of receiving significant financial support from a relative on his mother's side. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Books

On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
Alexander John Ellis, Hermann von Helmholtz
On Early English Pronunciation
On Early English Pronunciation
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer: On the pronunciation of the XIVth, XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer: On the pronunciation of the XIVth, XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation
On Early English Pronunciation
Alexander John Ellis
Romanic reading explained to phonetic readers
Romanic reading explained to phonetic readers
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation
On Early English Pronunciation
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation: Illustrations of the pronunciation of the XIVth and XVth centuries. Chaucer, Gower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakspere, Salesbury, Barcley, Hart, Bullokar, Gill. Pronouncing vocabulary
On Early English Pronunciation: Illustrations of the pronunciation of the XIVth and XVth centuries. Chaucer, Gower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakspere, Salesbury, Barcley, Hart, Bullokar, Gill. Pronouncing vocabulary
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer: Illustrations of the pronunciation of the XIVth and XVth centuries. Chaucer, Gower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Salesbury, Barclay, Hart, Bullokar, Gill, Pronunciation vocabulary
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer: Illustrations of the pronunciation of the XIVth and XVth centuries. Chaucer, Gower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Salesbury, Barclay, Hart, Bullokar, Gill, Pronunciation vocabulary
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation
On Early English Pronunciation
Chaucer Society (London, England), Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer: On the pronunciation of the XIIIth and previous centuries, of Anglosaxon, Icelandic, Old Norse and Gothic
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer: On the pronunciation of the XIIIth and previous centuries, of Anglosaxon, Icelandic, Old Norse and Gothic
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
The Essentials of Phonetics
The Essentials of Phonetics
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
The Alphabet of Nature
The Alphabet of Nature
Alexander John Ellis
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 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
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer
Alexander John Ellis
Early English Text Society
Early English Text Society
Alexander John Ellis

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