Arnold Gesell
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Education, Psychology, Psychiatry
- Subcategories: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Children
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Gesell was a pioneer in the study of the physical and mental development of children and the author of a series of popular books that influenced both psychologists and parents for more than thirty years.
Early Life
Arnold Lucius Gesell was born in Alma, a small village on the Wisconsin bank of the Mississippi River; he was the eldest of five children. His mother was an elementary schoolteacher, and both parents encouraged his intellectual curiosity. In an autobiographical sketch written when he was in his seventies, Gesell recalled that...
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