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John Corcoran ( / ˈkɔːrkərən / KOR-kər-ən; born in 1939) is an American author and the founder of the John Corcoran foundation. He is severely dyslexic and read at a second-grade level until the age of 48. [1] Despite this, he graduated from high school and college, and worked as a high school teacher and real estate developer without ...
John Corcoran grew up in New Mexico in the US during the 1940s and 50s. One of six siblings, he graduated from high school, went on to university, and became a teacher in the 1960s - a job he held ...
John Corcoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr k ər ən / KOR-kər-ən; March 20, 1937 – January 8, 2021) was an American logician, philosopher, mathematician, and historian of logic.He is best known for his philosophical work on concepts such as the nature of inference, relations between conditions, argument-deduction-proof distinctions, the relationship between logic and epistemology, and the place of proof ...
Aug 17, 2016 · John Corcoran, 77, is a former teacher who could not read or write until age 48. He founded a foundation to help others with learning difficulties and became a national spokesperson for adult literacy.
Jul 1, 2019 · David Power has led the tributes to fellow Paddy Power co-founder John Corcoran, who died aged 89 on Saturday, describing the hugely successful businessman and racehorse owner as "the driving force" behind the betting company. Paddy Power bookmakers was created in 1988 by the merger of the 40 shops of three Irish bookmakers – Stewart Kenny ...
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John Corcoran has 25 books on Goodreads with 1235 ratings. John Corcoran’s most popular book is The Teacher Who Couldn't Read: The True Story of a High S...
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Sep 2, 2008 · John Corcoran's memoir, The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is being offered in a new trade paperback format to coincide with the release of his new book Bridge to Literacy. The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is John's life story of how he struggled through school without the basic skills of how to read or write and went on to become a high school teacher still without these basic skills.
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