Claire Penn

Claire Penn
Born1951
Kenya
Died21 July 2018(2018-07-21) (aged 66–67) [1][2]
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
FieldsSpeech-language pathology
InstitutionsUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Claire Penn (1951–2018) was a South African speech and language pathologist, and held the endowed chair of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and was a former senior research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council. She received the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) in 2007, South Africa's highest honor, for her work in linguistics, sign language, child language, aphasia, and head injury.

  1. ^ Barron, Chris. "Claire Penn: Leader in field of linguistics who understood 'soft' science". No. Sunday Times. Times Lives. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The passing of Professor Claire Penn". CoE Fellows. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.