B. F. Skinner
American psychologist
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1904, Susquehanna, PA
Died: August 18, 1990 (age 86 years), Cambridge, MA
Influenced: Willard Van Orman Quine, Robert Lanza, Julian Rotter, and more
Influenced by: Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, William James, and more
Education: Harvard University (1931) and Hamilton College (1926)
Award: National Medal of Science (1968)
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