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He was a lifelong stammerer, and this challenge led him to leave Cambridge, where he had taught in the late 1940s and early ’50s, to work in London as a librarian and an editor.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014

Probably the most useful person was the writer, David Seidler, a childhood stammerer.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 20, 2011

The thing is," laughs Lieckfeldt, himself a stammerer, "we are quiet, we're not very good at talking about it because, well, we have difficulties talking about it.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011

This is what it is like to be at the mercy of an affliction, to be defined as a stammerer by oneself and others and to feel it as the core of your identity.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2010

"B--b--beautiful city," interposed the stammerer, eager to join our conversation, whenever he could catch a word of it.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford