Obituary

Claire Penn: Leader in field of linguistics who understood 'soft' science

29 July 2018 - 00:00

By CHRIS BARRON

Claire Penn, who has died in Johannesburg at the age of 66, was a professor of speech pathology and audiology at the University of Witwatersrand, and a world leader in the field of linguistics, sign language and head injury.

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