What is Gunther Kress?
[[File:GuntherKress2.jpg|thumb|Kress in 2018]] '''Gunther Rolf Kress''' {{Small|[[MBE]]}} (03 March 1940 – 20 June 2019) was an [[Australian people|Australian]] [[semiotician]] working at a [[British Semiotician|British]] University. Kress was born in [[Germany]] and trained as a [[linguist]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/32811730/Gunther_Kress_Multimodality_Communication_and_Education_Introduction_and_Context|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> He was Professor of Semiotics and Education at the [[UCL Institute of Education|Institute of Education]], [[University of London]]. Kress named a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 2012. Kress died in [[Rome]] on 20 June 2019 of [[heart failure]]. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://allzabursaries.co.za/gunther-kress-death-how-dr-gunther-kress-death-happened/|title=Gunther Kress death: How Dr Gunther Kress death happened|website=allzabursaries.co.za|date=22 June 2019|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622154248/https://allzabursaries.co.za/gunther-kress-death-how-dr-gunther-kress-death-happened/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kress, Gunther}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Australian linguists]] [[Category:British linguists]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Semioticians]] {{Bio-stub}}