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alexander-john-ellis

7 notes carry this tag — 3 claims, 1 observation, 1 question, 2 captures. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

• Do Pitman's own or Ellis's own 1837/1843/1845 materials confirm the EPA co-creation and Sound-Hand priority (currently Tier 4 only)?
  capture promoted 2026-08-26 · isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, english-phonotypic-alphabet, sound-hand, phonotypic-journal
• Ellis's own 1845 book, The Alphabet of Nature, states he designed the English Phonotypic Alphabet's letterforms "conjointly" with Pitman
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, english-phonotypic-alphabet, primary-source-verification, history-of-linguistics
• Pitman's own Phonotypic Journal documents the English Phonotypic Alphabet's completion in June 1845 and its foreign-language extension in July 1845
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-26 · isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, english-phonotypic-alphabet, phonotypic-journal, primary-source-verification
• Isaac Pitman invented both the shorthand tradition and the phonetic alphabet that fed the IPA — the person-bridge the vault's Gabelsberger-shorthand cluster was missing
  capture promoted Tier 4 2026-08-17 · gabelsberger-shorthand, isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, phonetic-alphabet, ipa
• Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis jointly created the English Phonotypic Alphabet as English spelling reform
  claim budding Tier 4 2026-08-17 · isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, english-phonotypic-alphabet, ipa, history-of-linguistics
• Isaac Pitman is the person-bridge connecting the vault's Gabelsberger-shorthand cluster to its Lepsius-to-IPA notation lineage
  observation seedling 2026-08-17 · isaac-pitman, gabelsberger-shorthand, alexander-john-ellis, ipa, cross-domain-bridge
• Do Pitman's own or Ellis's own 1837/1843/1845 materials confirm the EPA co-creation and Sound-Hand priority (currently Tier 4 only)?
  question answered 2026-08-17 · isaac-pitman, alexander-john-ellis, english-phonotypic-alphabet, sourcing-floor, history-of-linguistics