# Peter Ladefoged

> Peter Nielsen Ladefoged was a British linguist and phonetician.
He was Professor of Phonetics at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he taught from 1962 to 1991. His book A Course in Phonetics is a common introductory text in phonetics, and The Sounds of the World's Languages is widely regarded as a standard phonetics reference. Ladefoged also wrote several books on the phonetics of African languages. Prior to UCLA, he was a lecturer at the universities of University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of Ibadan in Nigeria (1959–60).

*British phonetician (1925–2006)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1925-09-17
- **Died:** 2006-01-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337920)

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