Rudolf Flesch

Rudolf Flesch ( born May 8, 1911 in Vienna, † 1986 in Dobbs Ferry ) was in Austria grew up, American author and expert on readability of text. He developed a well-known, based on statistics readability index ( Flesch formula).

Life

Rudolf Flesch was born in 1911 in Vienna, the son of Hugo Flesch and Helene Basch. After studying law, he emigrated to the USA in 1938. In 1943 he received the doctoral degree at Columbia University, a year later he became a U.S. citizen. Since 1946, he published, in addition to scientific papers, 20 popular books; the most famous was Why Johnny Can not Read ( 1955). Flesch's main theme was the understandable use of the English language. In 1986 he died of heart failure.

Writings

  • Marks of readable style (1943, PhD thesis)
  • A New Readability Yardstick (1948 )
  • The Art of Readable Writing ( 1949)
  • How to Write Better (1951 )
  • The Art of Clear Thinking (1951 )
  • How to Test Readability (1951 )
  • Why Johnny Can not Read - And What You Can Do About It (1955 )
  • The ABC of Style: A guide to Plain English (1964 )
  • Rudolf Flesch on Business Communications: How to Say What You Mean in Plain English (1972 )
  • How to Write Plain English: A Book for Lawyers and Consumers (1979 )

Swell

  • ABA Journal. Jan. 1961, Volume 47, No. 1, American Bar Association (Google Book Search )
  • W. H. Dubay. The Principles of Readability, 2004 ( web link)
  • Critique of language
  • Americans
  • Born in 1911
  • Died in 1986
  • Man
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