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Kay Williamson (Ruth Margaret Williamson) was born on 26 January, 1935 in Hereford, England, United Kingdom, is a British linguist. Discover Kay Williamson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
| Popular As |
Ruth Margaret Williamson |
| Occupation |
Linguist |
| Age |
70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
26 January 1935 |
| Birthday |
26 January |
| Birthplace |
Hereford, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death |
2005 |
| Died Place |
Brazil |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Kay Williamson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Harry Williamson Harriett Eileen Williamson |
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Kay Williamson Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kay Williamson worth at the age of 70 years old? Kay Williamson’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Kay Williamson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Timeline
Kay Williamson (January 26, 1935, Hereford, United Kingdom – January 3, 2005, Brazil), born Ruth Margaret Williamson, was a linguist who specialised in the study of African languages, particularly those of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, where she lived for nearly fifty years.
She has been called "The Mother of Nigerian Linguistics" and is also notable for proposing the Pan-Nigerian alphabet.
Professor Kay Williamson was born in Hereford, England, where she lived for the first 18 years of her life.
She was the eldest of six children.
Her father, Alfred Henry Williamson, also known as Harry, was the founder of Wyevale Nurseries.
Her father and mother, Harriett Eileen Williamson, turned the Wyevale nurseries into one of the largest garden center chains in Europe.
Williamson was educated at Hereford girls' high school and St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she took a BA in English in 1956, followed by an MA in 1960.
Her many publications include a grammar and dictionary of the Ijo language, a dictionary of Igbo and numerous articles on diverse topics.
Kay Williamson was known for her concern for social responsibility in linguistics.
She was totally convinced that a linguist must help speakers of the languages of her research to produce texts in their languages.
She devoted a substantial part of her time to the Rivers Readers Project, an exercise designed to introduce reading and writing in primary schools in about 20 dialects or languages in the predominantly Ijo-speaking area.
As a byproduct, several books (including primers, readers, teachers' notes, spelling manuals, and collection of folk-tales) were compiled by Williamson and her collaborators.
Williamson was brought up as a Methodist but became a Quaker in the early 1990s, and subsequently took peace activism very seriously.
In 2002, she was appointed UNESCO Professor of Cultural Heritage, University of Port Harcourt, a position she held until her death.
She died at the age of 69 in Brazil on 3 January 2005.
The Kay Williamson Educational Foundation has been established to support to support work in Nigerian languages.
