J. Philippe Rushton
| J. Philippe Rushton | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Philippe Rushton December 3, 1943 Bournemouth, UK |
| Died | October 2, 2012 (aged 68) London, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Fields | Psychology, Psychometrics |
| Institutions | University of Western Ontario |
| Alma mater |
Birkbeck College London School of Economics University of Oxford |
| Known for | Race, Evolution, and Behavior, Race and intelligence |
John Philippe Rushton (December 3, 1943 – October 2, 2012) was a British-born Canadian psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario who became known to the general public during the 1980s and 1990s for research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and other apparent racial variations. His book Race, Evolution, and Behavior (1995) is about the application of r/K selection theory to humans.
Rushton's controversial work was heavily criticized by the scientific community for the questionable quality of its research, with many alleging that it was conducted under a racist agenda. Since 2002, he was head of the Pioneer Fund, a research foundation that has been widely accused of being racist.
Rushton was a Fellow of the American, British, and Canadian Psychological Associations and onetime Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Rushton was born in Bournemouth, England. During his childhood, he emigrated with his family to South Africa, where he lived from age four to eight (1948–1952). His father was a building contractor and his mother came from France. The family moved to Canada, where Rushton spent most of his teen years. He returned to England for university, receiving a B.Sc. in psychology from Birkbeck College at the University of London in 1970, and, in 1973, his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics for work on altruism in children. He continued his work at the University of Oxford until 1974.
...
Wikipedia