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Archibald Tucker

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51:, being named a Professor of East African Languages in 1951. During his 39 years teaching there, "a number of students passed through his hands; many of them were later to become experts in various languages. But it was for his research, and his publications resulting therefrom, that he will be chiefly remembered." 54:
Tucker studied a number of African languages, including languages known as Dinka, Ganda, Kikuyu, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Masai, Lamba, Shona, Sukuma, Ntomba, Nyor, and comparative Eastern Sudanic languages. Tucker is known primarily for his two books published with Margaret Bryan:
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in southern Africa and also made a trip to Sudan to study languages there. He worked as Linguistic Expert of non-Arabic languages for the Sudan Government from 1929 to 1931. He later moved to England in 1931. In London, Tucker studied under
146: 161: 156: 151: 112: 48: 33: 37: 19:(1904 – 1980) was a Cape Colony-born linguist specializing in Bantu languages. He earned his MA degree at the 20: 141: 136: 92: 121: 117: 90:
Proceedings of the First Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Leiden, September 8–10, 1980,
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Linguistic Analyses: The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa.
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p. 1. Bryan, Margaret. 1981. Professor A. N. Tucker (1904–1980). In
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Index

University of Cape Town
Bantu languages
Alice Werner
Daniel Jones
University College London
Carl Meinhof
School of Oriental Studies
Google Scholar



Thilo C. Schadeberg
Lionel Bender
"Papers of Dr Archibald Norman Tucker"
"Archibald Norman Tucker (1904–1980)"
Pitt Rivers Museum
Categories
1904 births
1980 deaths
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
Linguists from England
Linguists of Bantu languages
University of Cape Town alumni

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