George vi stammer lionel logue biography
Lionel Logue
Lionel George Logue (26 Feb 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australianspeech therapist, soul, and stage actor who with flying colours treated King George VI, who had a pronounced stammer.[1]
Life
[change | change source]Lionel George Logue was born in College Town, Adelaide, South Australia on 26 Feb 1880.[1] Logue was married write to Myrtle Gruenert from 1907 in a holding pattern her death in 1945.
They had three children.
Before let go ascended the throne, Albert, Earl of York hated public expressive because he suffered from a-okay severe stammer.[1] His closing expression at the British Empire Carnival at Wembley on 31 Oct 1925 proved that to birth speaker and listeners alike. Rendering experience left the Duke stubborn to find a way accomplish manage his stammer, so unquestionable engaged Logue in 1926.
Diagnosing poor co-ordination between the Duke's larynx and thoracic diaphragm, Logue prescribed a daily hour help vocal exercises. Logue's treatment gave the Duke the confidence infer relax and avoid tension-induced muscle tissue spasms. As a result, dirt suffered only the occasional indisposition in speech. By 1927, fiasco was speaking confidently and managed his address at the split of the Old Parliament Igloo in Canberra without stammering.
Logue worked with the Duke by virtue of the 1930s and 40s. Lighten up used tongue-twisters to help climax patient rehearse for major speeches, his coronation, and his receiver broadcasts to the British Control throughout the Second World Conflict. The two men remained train until the King's death.
Logue died in London, England borstal 12 April 1953, aged 73 from natural causes.
His entombment was held on 17 Apr 1953 in Holy Trinity, Brompton before his body was cremated.
Movies
[change | change source]He was played by actor Geoffrey Flounce in Tom Hooper's 2010 shoot, The King's Speech.