David Abercrombie (19 December 1909 – 4 July 1992) was a British phonetician who established the Department of Phonetics at the University of Edinburgh.
He retired as Professor of Phonetics in 1980 and died in Edinburgh at the age of 82.
He grew up in Ryton, Gloucestershire, before returning to Cheshire on the outbreak of World War I, and moving to Leeds in 1922, when his father became the chair of English Literature at Leeds University.
[2] He went on to complete his post graduate education in phonetics at University College London under Daniel Jones.
[3] In 1948, he gained a position at the University of Edinburgh teaching Phonetics by 1964 he was appointed a professor.