Wendell Johnson

Psychologist, Author

1906 – 1965

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Who was Wendell Johnson?

Dr. Wendell Johnson was an American psychologist, actor and author and was a proponent of General Semantics. He was born in Roxbury, Kansas and died in Iowa City, Iowa. The Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, part of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is named after him. He is known for the experiment nicknamed the "Monster Study".

His son is former American Federal Communications Commission commissioner Nicholas Johnson.

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Born
Apr 16, 1906
McPherson County
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Iowa
Died
Aug 29, 1965

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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