Rudolf Flesch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Flesch

American author

Date of Birth: 08-May-1911

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1986

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Rudolf Franz Flesch (Vienna, 8 May 1911 – New York, 5 October 1986) was an Austrian-born naturalised American author (noted for his book Why Johnny Can't Read), and also a readability expert and writing consultant who was a vigorous proponent of plain English in the United States.
He created the Flesch Reading Ease test and was co-creator of the Flesch–Kincaid readability test.
Flesch advocated use of phonics rather than sight reading to enable students to sound-out unfamiliar words.