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Tony Buzan
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Tony Buzan, born Anthony Peter Buzan on June 2, 1942, in London, was a British psychologist and writer. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. His professional work focused on psychology and mind maps, and he wrote in English.
Buzan authored 184 works, including notable titles such as *The Mind Map Book*, *Memory power*, *Mapat ḥashivah*, *Myšlenkové Mapy*, and *Das kleine Mind-Map-Buch*. He was the sibling of Barry Buzan. Buzan died on April 13, 2019, in Oxford due to a myocardial infarction, with natural causes recorded as the manner of death.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 2 Jun 1942
- Died
- 13 Apr 2019
- Works
- 184
Top works
- Mapat ḥashivah
- Memory power
- Myšlenkové Mapy
- The Mind Map Book
- Das kleine Mind-Map-Buch
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Anthony Peter Buzan , ( 1942-06-02 ) 2 June 1942, Palmers Green , Middlesex , United Kingdom
- Died
- 13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) (aged 76), John Radcliffe Hospital
- Notable works
- Use your head, The Speed Reading Book, The Mind Map Book
- Relatives
- Barry Buzan Jean Buzan Gordon Buzan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Sibling
- Barry Buzan
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Simon Fraser University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- mind map
- Official website
- tonybuzan.com
- Image
- Tonybuzan1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1942-06-02
- Commons category
- Tony Buzan
- name in native language
- Tony Buzan
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2019-04-13
- birth name
- Anthony Peter Buzan
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony Peter "Tony" Buzan (/ˈbuːzən/; 2 June 1942 – 13 April 2019) was an English author and educational consultant.
Buzan popularised the idea of mental literacy, radiant thinking, and a technique called mind mapping, inspired by techniques used by Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Joseph D. Novak's "concept mapping" techniques.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tony Buzan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.