William Mandeville Austin

**William Mandeville AUSTIN Jr. (1914-1971)** was an American professor whose research focuses on the language by its cultural meanings and practices, a resource for the study of societies. W. M. Austin directed the series of Spoken Language Dictionaries and inaugurated, at Illinois Tech, a new doctoral program in linguistics. ***Early life and education***. W. M. Austin (“Bill”) born in Philadelphia, Jan. 31,1914, was the son of William Mandeville Austin (1886-1925) engaged in the rise of educational phonograph culture through the …