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Alfred Kinsey
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American sexologist (1894–1956)
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Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American entomologist, zoologist, physician, and sexologist. He was educated at Bowdoin College and Harvard University. Kinsey worked as a member of the faculty at Indiana University Bloomington. His field of work was biology, and he wrote in the English language.
He is the author of the Kinsey Reports and the work New Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America. Kinsey received the award of Eagle Scout. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He identified as an atheist and spoke English.
Kinsey was born in Hoboken in 1894 and died in Bloomington in 1956. His cause of death was pneumonia, resulting from natural causes. He was male and held citizenship in the United States.
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- New Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hoboken
- Place of death
- Bloomington
- Employer
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Eagle Scout
- Notable work
- Kinsey Reports
- Field of work
- biology
- Image
- Alfred Kinsey 1955.jpg
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- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- date of birth
- 1894-00-00
- date of death
- 1956-08-25
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- Commons Creator page
- Alfred C. Kinsey
- Commons category
- Alfred Kinsey
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Alfred Charles Kinsey
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- P6944
- Alfred Kinsey
- writing language
- English language
- collection items at
- National Museum of Natural History
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Charles Kinsey (/ˈkɪnzi/; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as for the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s, and has continued to provoke controversy decades after his death. His work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States and United Kingdom as well as internationally.
Early life and education
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