Ruth Lesser

Background

Lesser, Ruth was born on August 2, 1930 in Bradford, United Kingdom. Daughter of Joseph Henry and Annie (Bottomley) Hird.

Education

Bachelor, University College London, 1951. Bachelor of Science, University Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1976.

Career

Copywriter Unilever, United Kingdom, 1952-1953. Senior speech therapist Newcastle Health Authority, 1971-1975. Ridley fellow in psychology University Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 1972-1975.

Head department Newcastle University, 1979-1995, emeritus professor, since 1995.

Achievements

• Ruth Lesser has been listed as a noteworthy Speech and language pathology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Linguistic Investigations of Aphasia

    (The 2nd edition of this textbook shows how linguistic the...)

  • Linguistics and Aphasia: Psycholinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Intervention (Language In Social Life)

    (Linguistics and Aphasia is a major study of recent develo...)

  • Linguistic Investigations of Aphasia
  • Linguistics and Aphasia: Psycholinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Intervention (Language In Social Life) by Ruth Lesser (1993-02-15)

Membership

Fellow Royal College Speech and Language Therapists (honors 1991).

Connections

Married David Lesser, March 15, 1952. Children: Piers, Tristram, Giles, Juliet, Charmian.

Father:

Joseph Henry Hird

Mother:

Annie (Bottomley) Hird

Spouse:

David Lesser

child:

Juliet Lesser

child:

Charmian Lesser

child:

Tristram Lesser

child:

Giles Lesser

child:

Piers Lesser