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'''Gunther Rolf Kress''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (03 March 1940 – 20 June 2019) was a British semiotician who was Chair of [[Semiotics]] and Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media within the [[Institute of Education]] of [[University College London]], [[University of London]]. Kress was born in Nuremberg Germany and trained as a linguist in Australia <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/32811730|title=Gunther Kress: Multimodality, Communication, and Education Introduction and Context|author=Skyer, Michael E.|website=Academia.edu|page=3|date=21 April 2016|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> and London under MAK Halliday. He is mainly known for his contributions to the study of [[Multimodality]]; he wrote with [[Theo van Leeuwen]] ''Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design'', one of the most influential books on the topic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bateman |first1=John |last2=Wildfeuer |first2=Janina |last3=Hiippala |first3=Tuomo |title=Multimodality : Foundations, Research and Analysis - A Problem-Oriented Introduction |date=2017 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |location=Berlin |isbn=978-3-11-047942-3}}</ref>
'''Gunther Rolf Kress''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (03 March 1940 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian semiotician who was Chair of [[Semiotics]] and Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media within the [[Institute of Education]] of [[University College London]] , [[University of London]]. Kress was born in Nuremberg Germany and trained as a linguist in Australia <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/32811730|title=Gunther Kress: Multimodality, Communication, and Education Introduction and Context|author=Skyer, Michael E.|website=Academia.edu|page=3|date=21 April 2016|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> and London under MAK Halliday. He is mainly known for his contributions to the study of [[Multimodality]]; he wrote with [[Theo van Leeuwen]] ''Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design'', one of the most influential books on the topic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bateman |first1=John |last2=Wildfeuer |first2=Janina |last3=Hiippala |first3=Tuomo |title=Multimodality : Foundations, Research and Analysis - A Problem-Oriented Introduction |date=2017 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |location=Berlin |isbn=978-3-11-047942-3}}</ref>


Kress was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]] for services to scholarship.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=18|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> On 30 January 2015, Kress received an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at [[Uppsala University]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = New honorary doctor at Faculty of Educational Sciences - Uppsala University, Sweden|url = http://www.uu.se/en/research/grants-awards/article/?id=3831&area=2,6,12,16&typ=artikel&lang=en|website = www.uu.se|access-date = 2016-02-02}}</ref>
Kress was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]] for services to scholarship.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=18|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> On 30 January 2015, Kress received an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at [[Uppsala University]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = New honorary doctor at Faculty of Educational Sciences - Uppsala University, Sweden|url = http://www.uu.se/en/research/grants-awards/article/?id=3831&area=2,6,12,16&typ=artikel&lang=en|website = www.uu.se|access-date = 2016-02-02}}</ref>

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Kress in 2018 in Tartu

Gunther Rolf Kress MBE (03 March 1940 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian semiotician who was Chair of Semiotics and Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media within the Institute of Education of University College London , University of London. Kress was born in Nuremberg Germany and trained as a linguist in Australia [1] and London under MAK Halliday. He is mainly known for his contributions to the study of Multimodality; he wrote with Theo van Leeuwen Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design, one of the most influential books on the topic.[2]

Kress was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to scholarship.[3] On 30 January 2015, Kress received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden.[4]

Works

  • Kress, Gunther R. (1997). Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-13804-3.
  • Kress, Gunther R. (2003). Literacy in the New Media Age. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25356-X.
  • Kress, Gunther R.; Van Leeuwen, Theo (2006). Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31915-3.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Skyer, Michael E. (21 April 2016). "Gunther Kress: Multimodality, Communication, and Education Introduction and Context". Academia.edu. p. 3. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ Bateman, John; Wildfeuer, Janina; Hiippala, Tuomo (2017). Multimodality : Foundations, Research and Analysis - A Problem-Oriented Introduction. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-047942-3.
  3. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 18.
  4. ^ "New honorary doctor at Faculty of Educational Sciences - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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