Freda Gladys Newcombe (1925–2001) was a British clinical neuropsychologist who played a pivotal role in the development of the discipline of cognitive neuropsychology.
She then moved to Greece, where she worked with the International Welfare Organization in Athens, before returning to the UK in 1961.
In 1963 she was recruited by Professor William Ritchie Russell[7] at the University of Oxford to study the effects of brain injuries caused by shrapnel wounds in British servicemen during World War II.
This study formed the basis of her Doctor of Philosophy thesis, which was awarded in 1966, on "Selective Intellectual Deficit in Relation to Focal Cerebral Lesions.
This cognitive profile, known as deep dyslexia was to provide a fertile source of data for theories of reading, and led to a long-lasting collaboration with John C.