Alfred Kinsey
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Sexuality, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: The greatest pioneer in sex research since Sigmund Freud, Kinsey revolutionized the study of human sexual behavior by applying to it the methodology of scientific empiricism.
Early Life
Alfred Charles Kinsey was born June 23, 1894, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to a self-made, forceful man, Alfred Seguine Kinsey, who became a professor of engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. His mother, Sarah Ann, was extremely shy. The family had few friends and entertained sparingly. Alfred, Jr., was close neither to his parents nor to his...
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