# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-herrnstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:30:19.956Z

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name: "Richard Herrnstein"
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description: "Richard Julius Herrnstein was an American psychologist at Harvard University. He was an active researcher in animal learning in the Skinnerian tradition. Herrnstein was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology until his death, and previously chaired the Harvard Department of Psychology for five years. With political scientist Charles Murray, he co-wrote The Bell Curve, a controversial 1994 book on human intelligence. He was one of the founders of the Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior."
tagline: "American psychologist (1930–1994)"
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birthDate: "1930-05-20"
deathDate: "1994-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump