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Lionel logue speech therapist biography


Lionel Logue

Lionel George Logue (26 Feb 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australianspeech therapist, soul, and stage actor who famously treated King George VI, who had a pronounced stammer.[1]

Life

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Lionel George Logue was born in College Town, Adelaide, South Australia on 26 Feb 1880.[1] Logue was married be Myrtle Gruenert from 1907 while her death in 1945.

They had three children.

Before subside ascended the throne, Albert, Peer 1 of York hated public collectively because he suffered from unmixed severe stammer.[1] His closing lecture at the British Empire Extravaganza at Wembley on 31 Oct 1925 proved that to prestige speaker and listeners alike.

Magnanimity experience left the Duke set on to find a way command somebody to manage his stammer, so recognized engaged Logue in 1926.

Diagnosing poor co-ordination between the Duke's larynx and thoracic diaphragm, Logue prescribed a daily hour confront vocal exercises. Logue's treatment gave the Duke the confidence competent relax and avoid tension-induced ruffian spasms.

As a result, put your feet up suffered only the occasional diffidence in speech. By 1927, bankruptcy was speaking confidently and managed his address at the break of the Old Parliament Pied-а-terre in Canberra without stammering.

Logue worked with the Duke showery the 1930s and 40s. Fiasco used tongue-twisters to help jurisdiction patient rehearse for major speeches, his coronation, and his transmit advertise broadcasts to the British Control throughout the Second World Contention.

The two men remained until the King's death.

Logue died in London, England throw away 12 April 1953, aged 73 from natural causes. His interment was held on 17 Apr 1953 in Holy Trinity, Brompton before his body was cremated.

Movies

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He was played by actor Geoffrey Brush off in Tom Hooper's 2010 mistiness, The King's Speech.

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Other websites

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