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| spent early years in Holyhead, Wales; went to St Mary's College, Liverpool and University College London; a lecturer in linguistics at University College, Bangor; president of the Society of Indexers; | Crystal, David, 2005 |
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| 1941 | Birth of Crystal | |
| 1965 | 1985 | Crystal works at University of Reading |
| 1966 | Crystal obtains PhD | |
| 1995 | Crystal awarded an OBE |