biography
| name: |
Gesell, Arnold (Lucius)
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pronunciation:
[guhzel]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1961)
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| biography:
| Psychologist, born in Alma, Wisconsin, USA, the brother of Gerhard Gesell. He studied at Clark and Yale universities, became Director of the Clinic of Child Development at Yale in 1911, and also taught at Yale School of Medicine (1915–48). He later acted as research consultant to the Gesell Institute of Child Development (1950–8). He devised standard scales for measuring the progress of infant development, supplementing his writing with extensive use of film. His books include An Atlas of Infant Behavior (1934) and Child Development (1949). |
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