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Temple Grandin
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American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
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Temple Grandin is an American zoologist, writer, and activist born Mary Temple Grandin in Boston on August 29, 1947. She holds a medical condition of autism and is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. Her professional interests include agricultural science and animal science. She has served as a professor at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado.
Grandin was educated at Arizona State University, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and the University of Arizona. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her notable works include *Menagerie*, *Autistic People Interacting with Authority*, *Being Taken Advantage Of*, *The Survivors Issue*, and *A User Guide to Treating People Like People*. She has received the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame award and the Double Helix Medal.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 August 1947
- Works
- 114
Top works
- Menagerie
- Autistic People Interacting with Authority
- Being Taken Advantage Of
- The Survivors Issue
- A User Guide to Treating People Like People
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to…
Known for
- An Open Door — Self2023
- Patterns of Evidence: Journey to Mount Sinai — Self2022
- Farm and Red Moon2022
- Oliver Sacks: His Own Life — Self2021
- Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle — Self2020
- This Business of Autism — Self2018
- Spectrum: A Story of the Mind — Herself2015
- Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts — Self2015
- Speciesism: The Movie — Self2013
- The Horse Boy — Herself (as Dr. Temple Grandin)2009
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Mary Temple Grandin , ( 1947-08-29 ) August 29, 1947 (age 78) , Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Franklin Pierce University ( BA ) Arizona State University ( MS ) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ( PhD )
- Known for
- Livestock industry consultancy Public speaking
- Fields
- Animal science
- Institutions
- Colorado State University
- Author abbrev zoology
- Grandin
- Website
- grandin .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- biologist
- Position held
- professor
- Employer
- University of Colorado
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- animal science
- Official website
- www.templegrandin.com
- Image
- TempleGrandin (cropped).jpg
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- Temple Grandin
- date of birth
- 1947-08-29
- name in native language
- Temple Grandin
- medical condition
- autism
- social media followers
- 36421
- different from
- Temple Grandin
- birth name
- Mary Temple Grandin
- interested in
- agricultural science
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior.
Grandin is one of the first autistic people to document the insights she gained from her personal experiences with autism. She is a faculty member with Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University.
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