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Hans Eysenck
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British psychologist (1916–1997)
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Hans Jürgen Eysenck (1916–1997) was a British and German psychologist, university teacher, and scientist. Born in Berlin, he resided in England and died in London of natural causes. He held citizenship in both the United Kingdom and Germany. Eysenck was educated at University College London and the University of London, where his doctoral advisor was Cyril Burt. He earned both a Doctor of Philosophy and a Doctor of Science.
Eysenck worked as an employer at King's College London and supervised doctoral student Chris D. Frith. His field of work was psychology, and he spoke English. Among his notable works are *Intelligence*, *The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria*, *Eysenck Personality Scales*, *Structure and Measurement of Intelligence*, and *Smoking, Health and Personality*. He was married to Sybil B. G. Eysenck, and his mother was Helga Molander.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Intelligence
- The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria
- Eysenck Personality Scales
- Structure and Measurement of Intelligence
- Smoking, Health and Personality
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,136x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,947x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,542x
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Quotes
- “Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they have specialized, are just as ordinary, pigheaded and unreasonable as anybody else.”
- “I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”
- “[R]oughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.”
- “There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.”
- “They bought research as they bought vegetables - a wonderful insight into official thinking about science.”
- “If the reader does not like some of the facts that emerge, I hope against hope that he will not blame me for their existence.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Sybil B. G. Eysenck
- Mother
- Helga Molander
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of London
- Employer
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Science
- Doctoral advisor
- Cyril Burt
- Field of work
- psychology
- Image
- Hans Eysenck (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- England
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- date of birth
- 1916-03-16
- date of death
- 1997-09-04
- Commons category
- Hans Eysenck
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Hans Jürgen Eysenck
- interested in
- personality
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans Jürgen Eysenck (/ˈaɪzɛŋk/ EYE-zenk; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, although he worked on other issues in psychology. At the time of his death, Eysenck was the most frequently cited living psychologist in peer-reviewed scientific journal literature.
Eysenck's research included claims that certain personality types had an elevated risk of cancer and heart disease and research on IQ scores and race (first published in 1971), which were a significant source of controversy. Scholars have identified errors and suspected data manipulation in Eysenck's work, and large replications have failed to confirm the relationships that he purported to find.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans Eysenck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.