Nuero-Psychiatrist and Pathologist. Considered the discoverer of Dyslexia and a pioneer in the study of learning disabilities.
Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton was the son of Dr. Edward Baxter Orton Sr (First President of The Ohio State University) and his second wife Anna Davenport (Torrey) Orton. Samuel received Degrees from The Ohio State University (B.S., 1901), The University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1905) and Harvard (M.A., 1906).
Dr. Orton is noted for his work at the State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, St. Ann's Hospital in Anaconda, Montana and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts early in his career. Later his work took him to pathology work at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Clark University, the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental Diseases and Germany, where he studied with Alois Alzheimer.
Dr. Orton is considered the discoverer of dyslexia through his research in Iowa where he worked with children previously labeled as retarded due to their lack of ability to read. He identified ways in which the dyslexic could learn to read, known as the Orton-Gillingham method, along with several partners during the course of his career.
The Samuel Torrey Orton Award, granted yearly since 1966 for persons who contributed to the scientific understanding of dyslexia, significantly enhanced and advanced our capacity to successfully intervene and assist people with dyslexia, expand national and international awareness of dyslexia, or demonstrate unusual competence and dedication in service to people with dyslexia.
Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton was the son of Dr. Edward Baxter Orton Sr (First President of The Ohio State University) and his second wife Anna Davenport (Torrey) Orton. Samuel received Degrees from The Ohio State University (B.S., 1901), The University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1905) and Harvard (M.A., 1906).
Dr. Orton is noted for his work at the State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, St. Ann's Hospital in Anaconda, Montana and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts early in his career. Later his work took him to pathology work at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Clark University, the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental Diseases and Germany, where he studied with Alois Alzheimer.
Dr. Orton is considered the discoverer of dyslexia through his research in Iowa where he worked with children previously labeled as retarded due to their lack of ability to read. He identified ways in which the dyslexic could learn to read, known as the Orton-Gillingham method, along with several partners during the course of his career.
The Samuel Torrey Orton Award, granted yearly since 1966 for persons who contributed to the scientific understanding of dyslexia, significantly enhanced and advanced our capacity to successfully intervene and assist people with dyslexia, expand national and international awareness of dyslexia, or demonstrate unusual competence and dedication in service to people with dyslexia.
Nuero-Psychiatrist and Pathologist. Considered the discoverer of Dyslexia and a pioneer in the study of learning disabilities.
Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton was the son of Dr. Edward Baxter Orton Sr (First President of The Ohio State University) and his second wife Anna Davenport (Torrey) Orton. Samuel received Degrees from The Ohio State University (B.S., 1901), The University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1905) and Harvard (M.A., 1906).
Dr. Orton is noted for his work at the State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, St. Ann's Hospital in Anaconda, Montana and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts early in his career. Later his work took him to pathology work at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Clark University, the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental Diseases and Germany, where he studied with Alois Alzheimer.
Dr. Orton is considered the discoverer of dyslexia through his research in Iowa where he worked with children previously labeled as retarded due to their lack of ability to read. He identified ways in which the dyslexic could learn to read, known as the Orton-Gillingham method, along with several partners during the course of his career.
The Samuel Torrey Orton Award, granted yearly since 1966 for persons who contributed to the scientific understanding of dyslexia, significantly enhanced and advanced our capacity to successfully intervene and assist people with dyslexia, expand national and international awareness of dyslexia, or demonstrate unusual competence and dedication in service to people with dyslexia.
Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton was the son of Dr. Edward Baxter Orton Sr (First President of The Ohio State University) and his second wife Anna Davenport (Torrey) Orton. Samuel received Degrees from The Ohio State University (B.S., 1901), The University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1905) and Harvard (M.A., 1906).
Dr. Orton is noted for his work at the State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, St. Ann's Hospital in Anaconda, Montana and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts early in his career. Later his work took him to pathology work at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts, Harvard Medical School, Clark University, the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental Diseases and Germany, where he studied with Alois Alzheimer.
Dr. Orton is considered the discoverer of dyslexia through his research in Iowa where he worked with children previously labeled as retarded due to their lack of ability to read. He identified ways in which the dyslexic could learn to read, known as the Orton-Gillingham method, along with several partners during the course of his career.
The Samuel Torrey Orton Award, granted yearly since 1966 for persons who contributed to the scientific understanding of dyslexia, significantly enhanced and advanced our capacity to successfully intervene and assist people with dyslexia, expand national and international awareness of dyslexia, or demonstrate unusual competence and dedication in service to people with dyslexia.
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