Leon, Pierre

12 March 1926 -11 September 2013

b. Ligré, France

d. Toronto ON

French Language and Literature

Phonetics

Founded Experimental Phonetics Laboratory at UofT

Taught at Sorbonne; Ecole de préparation des professeurs de français à l'étranger; the Universities of Jerusalem, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro

Professor Emeritus

Awards

L-è-L, D de l'U, D-è-L D Hon Causa, CdrPA, PISPSc,

References

http://french.utoronto.ca/profiles/192

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