Richard C. Atkinson
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American educational psychologist and academic
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Richard C. Atkinson was an American psychologist, pedagogue, and university teacher. He was born in Oak Park in 1929. Atkinson taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego, and Stanford University. He received his education at the University of Chicago and Indiana University Bloomington.
His professional affiliations included membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His academic lineage included William Kaye Estes as his doctoral advisor and Richard Shiffrin as his doctoral student.
Atkinson received several honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Atkinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oak Park
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Doctoral advisor
- William Kaye Estes
- Doctoral student
- Richard Shiffrin
- Official website
- rca.ucsd.edu
- Image
- RCARobes.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1929-03-19
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- Richard C. Atkinson
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