# James Flynn

> James Robert Flynn was an American-born New Zealand moral philosopher and intelligence researcher. Originally from Washington, D.C., and educated at the University of Chicago, Flynn emigrated to Dunedin in 1963, where he taught political studies at the University of Otago. He was noted for his publications about the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores throughout the world, which is now referred to as the Flynn effect. In addition to his academic work, he championed social democratic politics throughout his life.

*New Zealand political scientist (1934–2020)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-flynn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1934-04-28
- **Died:** 2020-12-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Robert_Flynn)
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- [James Flynn](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn)
- [James R. Flynn](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Flynn)
- [James Flynn (academic)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn_(academic))
- [James Flynn](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn)
- [James R. Flynn](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Flynn)
- [James Flynn (politologue)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn_(politologue))
- [ג'יימס פלין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Ջեյմս Ֆլին](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6)
- [James Robert Flynn](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Flynn)
- [James R. Flynn](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Flynn)
- [James Flynn](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn)
- [Флинн, Джеймс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81)
- [James Flynn (academic)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flynn_(academic))
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- [Джеймс Флінн (академік)](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BA))
- [جیمز فلین (اسکالر)](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383120)

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