Ian Maddieson

Ian Maddieson (1 September 1942 – 2 February 2025) was a British-American linguist and professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of New Mexico in the United States. He served as Vice-President of the International Phonetic Association, and Secretary of the Association for Laboratory Phonology. Maddieson was born in Watford, England on 1 September 1942. He is best known for his work in phonetics, and phonological typology. He spent most of his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he often collaborated with Peter Ladefoged in describing the patterns of speech sounds in the world's spoken languages. Maddieson died on 2 February 2025, at the age of 82. Provided by Wikipedia