• born in 1885, in Pentre, a mining village in Rhondda. His father was manager of the local colliery. ^[1]
• he was not bilingual, but both of his parents spoke Welsh and he was proud of that fact. ^[1]
• According to Collins & Mees, although his accent eventually became close to RP, he "retained faint traces of his native Welsh accent" ^[1]

• went to University of Wales at Cardaff, got 3rd class degree in French
• enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge. Specialized in Old French.
• Taught French and phonetics at London teacher-training college
• joined jOne's dept in 1920
• IN 1927, became head of phonetics dept at SOS.
• In 1933, became chair and second professor of phonetics

• better known nationally for work with BBC
• Honorary Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Spoken English, and later on, in 1938, as the first BBC linguistic adviser.
• responsible for spread of concept of BBC English (w/ DJ) ^[1]

• got promotion in 1921. ^[2]

• described as "a perfect teacher" who gave students an "eagerness to learn and try to imitate" ^[3]

• probably one of co-authors of Practical orthography of African languages ^[4]

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Collins, Beverly; Mees, Inger M. (1999). The Real Professor Higgins: The Life and Career of Daniel Jones. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 275, 353–354, et passim. doi: 10.1515/9783110812367. ISBN  978-3-11-081236-7.