PSYCHOLOGIST

Jerome Bruner

1915 - 2016

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Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. He taught and conducted research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome Bruner is the 37th most popular psychologist (down from 35th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from United States (down from 481st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Psychologist.

Jerome Bruner is famous for his work in psychology. He is most famous for his work on cognitive development, which is the study of how people acquire knowledge and skills.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jerome Bruner ranks 37 out of 235. Before him are Karen Horney, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Howard Gardner, Gordon Allport, Paul Ekman, and Hermann Rorschach. After him are Hans Eysenck, Albert Ellis, Eric Berne, John Bowlby, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Sabina Spielrein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Jerome Bruner ranks 29. Before him are John Vorster, Saul Bellow, Aung San, Robert A. Dahl, Joachim Peiper, and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Stanley Matthews, Fred Hoyle, Robert Hofstadter, Curd Jürgens, Les Paul, and Henry Taube. Among people deceased in 2016, Jerome Bruner ranks 35. Before him are S. R. Nathan, Queen Anne of Romania, Anisa Makhlouf, Frank Sinatra Jr., Walter Scheel, and Elie Wiesel. After him are Kenny Baker, Harry Kroto, Carrie Fisher, James Cronin, Gabriele Amorth, and Alvin Toffler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Bruner ranks 739 out of 20,380. Before him are Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), Doris Day (1922), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Washington Irving (1783), and Lou Reed (1942). After him are Jerome Karle (1918), Ice-T (1958), Alec Baldwin (1958), J. Paul Getty (1892), Kim Novak (1933), and Glenn T. Seaborg (1912).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Jerome Bruner ranks 13. Before him are B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Howard Gardner (1943), Gordon Allport (1897), and Paul Ekman (1934). After him are Albert Ellis (1913), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Martin Seligman (1942), and Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913).

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