David Crystal

David Crystal, (born 6 July 1941) is a British linguist, academic, and author. Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962,[1] and was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage.[1][4] Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading and is an honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor.[5] Retired from full-time academia, he works as a writer, editor and consultant, and contributes to television and radio broadcasts. His association with the BBC ranges from, formerly, a BBC Radio 4 series on language issues to, more recently, podcasts on the BBC World Service website for people learning English