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Otto Klineberg

Canadian psychologist (1899-1992) · Canada · On the map · Academics · Died at 92

Otto Klineberg was a Canadian born psychologist. He held professorships in social psychology at Columbia University and the University of Paris.

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1992Died6 March 19921991APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of PsychologyAward1956Kurt Lewin AwardAward1935Guggenheim FellowshipAward1899Born2 November 1899

Awards

APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology1991
Kurt Lewin Award1956
Guggenheim Fellowship1935
Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

About this person

His pioneering work in the 1930s on the intelligence of white and black students in the United States and his evidence as an expert witness in Delaware were instrumental in winning the Supreme Court school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Through his work in UNESCO and elsewhere, he helped to promote psychology internationally.

Country
Canada
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1992 · aged 92