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In Memoriam: Nan Anthony (1933–2014)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2014

Michael Ashby
Michael Ashby*
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Annie (‘Nan’) Anthony died on 1 May 2014 after a short illness. Born Annie Rodger in Dysart in 1933, she gained her MA in Modern Languages in 1955 from the University of Edinburgh, and worked on the Linguistic Survey of Scotland 1956–1958. In 1957 she married James (`Tony') Anthony, who had charge of the Edinburgh phonetics lab. While their children Jo and Chris were young, she worked as a part-time lecturer in the Edinburgh Phonetics Department, and the family spent the academic year 1963–64 in the USA, Tony researching in Peter Ladefoged's new laboratory at UCLA. From 1966 Nan was Research Phonetician in the Department of Child Life and Health at Edinburgh, a period of work which led to The Edinburgh Articulation Test (Anthony et al. 1971), a significant clinical assessment tool. In 1971 she moved to Moray House College of Education, where she remained for the rest of her career, becoming Head of the Department of Speech there in 1982.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , December 2014 , pp. 353
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Annie (‘Nan’) Anthony died on 1 May 2014 after a short illness. Born Annie Rodger in Dysart in 1933, she gained her MA in Modern Languages in 1955 from the University of Edinburgh, and worked on the Linguistic Survey of Scotland 1956–1958. In 1957 she married James (`Tony') Anthony, who had charge of the Edinburgh phonetics lab. While their children Jo and Chris were young, she worked as a part-time lecturer in the Edinburgh Phonetics Department, and the family spent the academic year 1963–64 in the USA, Tony researching in Peter Ladefoged's new laboratory at UCLA. From 1966 Nan was Research Phonetician in the Department of Child Life and Health at Edinburgh, a period of work which led to The Edinburgh Articulation Test (Anthony et al. Reference Anthony, Bogle, Ingram and McIsaac1971), a significant clinical assessment tool. In 1971 she moved to Moray House College of Education, where she remained for the rest of her career, becoming Head of the Department of Speech there in 1982.

In retirement she remained energetic, opening a popular second hand book shop in Kirkcaldy, and proofreading the entire Dictionary of British Sign Language (Brien Reference Brien1992). Tony, died in 2003 but she continued to enjoy an active life with her children and grandchildren until a few weeks before her death.

References

Anthony, A., Bogle, D., Ingram, T. T. S. & McIsaac, M. W.. 1971. The Edinburgh Articulation Test. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.Google Scholar
Brien, David (ed.). 1992. Dictionary of British Sign Language/English. London: Faber and Faber.Google Scholar