Robert Yerkes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 67 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 26,1876 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Northampton Township |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 3,1956 |
| Died | New Haven |
| Connecticut | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | Roberta Yerkes Blanshard |
| David Norton Yerkes | |
| Job | Psychologist |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Ursinus College | |
| Current partner | Ada Watterson Yerkes |
| Academic advisor | Hugo Münsterberg |
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| ID | 2050302 |
Robert Yerkes Life story
Robert Mearns Yerkes was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology. Yerkes was a pioneer in the study both of human and primate intelligence and of the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees.
