Alfred Kinsey
Biologist, Academic
1894 – 1956
Who was Alfred Kinsey?
Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s. His work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States, as well as internationally.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1894
Hoboken - Also known as
- 阿尔弗雷德·金赛
- Кинси, Альфред
- Spouses
- Clara McMillen
(1921/06 - )
- Clara McMillen
- Religion
- Agnosticism
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Bowdoin College
- Employment
- Indiana University
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Hoboken
- Died
- Aug 25, 1956
Bloomington
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on July 23, 2013
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