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Hans Eysenck
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British psychologist (1916–1997)
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Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a male psychologist, university teacher, and scientist born in Berlin in 1916 and died in London in 1997. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom and Germany and resided in England. His professional interests included personality and psychology. He was educated at the University College London and the University of London, earning a Doctor of Philosophy and a Doctor of Science. His doctoral advisor was Cyril Burt, and he taught at King's College London.
Eysenck was married to Sybil B. G. Eysenck and was the son of Helga Molander. He spoke English and had Chris D. Frith as a doctoral student. He died of natural causes. His notable works include *Intelligence*, *The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria*, *Eysenck Personality Scales*, *Structure and Measurement of Intelligence*, and *Smoking, Health and Personality*.
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- 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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- 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
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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.
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