Eugenie Henderson

Eugénie Jane Andrina Henderson (2 October 1914 – 27 July 1989) was a British linguist and academic, specialising in phonetics. From 1964 to 1982, she was Professor of Phonetics at the University of London. She served as Chair of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 1977 to 1980, and President of the Philological Society from 1984 to 1988.

Early life and education Henderson was born on 2 October 1914 at Rose Villa, Archbold Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She was the daughter of William Alexander Cruickshank Henderson, a civil engineer, and his wife Pansy Viola (née Schürer). She was educated in London. In 1937, she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Phonetics of University College, London. The Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, to which she was assigned, spent the rest of the war teaching Japanese and other Far Eastern languages to military personnel. She was promoted to senior lecturer in Phonetics in 1946.

Selected works

The papers and correspondence of Eugenie Henderson are held by SOAS Archives. Digitised materials from the collection can be viewed online here.