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Sonia Machanick is a South African physician and medical researcher. She was born on 15 June 1925 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. She attended the University of Cape Town, where she earned her medical degree in 1950. After graduating, she worked as a medical officer in the South African Navy and then as a general practitioner in Cape Town. In 1956, she moved to London to pursue a career in medical research. She worked at the Institute of Child Health at the University College London, where she studied the effects of radiation on children. In 1965, she was appointed as a professor of paediatrics at the University of Cape Town. She was the first woman to hold this position. She was also the first woman to be appointed as a professor at any South African university. In her research, she focused on the effects of radiation on children, as well as the effects of malnutrition and poverty on child health. She also studied the effects of HIV/AIDS on children. Sonia Machanick has received numerous awards and honors for her work, including the Order of the British Empire in 1975 and the Order of Mapungubwe in 2004. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. Sonia Machanick is currently retired and lives in Cape Town. She is 92 years old.

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 15 June 1925
Birthday 15 June
Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death (1977-11-12) Johannesburg, South Africa
Died Place Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Who Is Sonia Machanick's Husband?

Her husband is Hillel Abbe Shapiro
Family
Parents Soloman Machanick (father)Edna Annie Love Machanick (nee Courtnall) (mother)
Husband Hillel Abbe Shapiro
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Children 4; Janice Shapiro, Paul Shapiro, Ian Shapiro and Roy Courtnall Summerfield

Sonia Machanick Net Worth

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1977

After her early death aged 52 in 1977, there was a period of uncertainty, after which the school re-established itself on a new site. Dr Machanick's work in the field of educational research was recognised by the College of Medicine of South Africa, and the College established the Sonia Machanick Travelling Fellowship. The Sonia Machanick Memorial Lecture was set up after her death. From January 2002 the headteacher has been Steve Rees.

1966

As her practice grew, the need for larger premises led to her setting up Japari School in Johannesburg in 1966.

1947

After graduating in 1947, she returned to the main university campus to study psychology and she worked at the University Child Guidance Clinic.

1925

Sonia Machanick (15 June 1925 – 12 November 1977) was a South African medical doctor, author and educational psychologist who pioneered new methods of teaching children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties. She founded Japari School, a special school in Johannesburg that provides education for children who struggle to thrive in the mainstream education system. She wrote a series of four graded reading books (Sounds Travel Too) and other reading tutors in English and Afrikaans (Tom Kan Lees) that were widely used throughout the 1960s and 1970s for teaching the phonics reading method, as well as articles concerning the treatment of children with learning difficulties.

1922

Machanick was the second of three children born in Cape Town to immigrant parents; her mother from the United Kingdom and her father from Lithuania. Her mother, Edna Annie Love Courtnall, was one of the first female LLB graduates (1922) at the University of London, and she later set up a National Fellowship Award through the South African Association of Women graduates. Awards every year are made to two South African women who are studying for a Diploma or Degree in any discipline.

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