John L. Fuller

John Langworthy Fuller (July 22, 1910 – June 8, 1992) was an American biologist and early pioneer of behavior genetics.[1][2] Fuller was a researcher at the Jackson Laboratory from 1947 to 1970 and professor (and later chair) of psychology at the Binghamton University from 1970 until retiring in 1977.[1][3]

John L. Fuller
Born(1910-07-22)July 22, 1910
Brandon, Vermont, U.S
DiedJune 8, 1992(1992-06-08) (aged 81)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S
Resting placeBar Harbor, Maine, U.S
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsEthology, Psychology
Behavior genetics
InstitutionsBinghamton University
Jackson Laboratory
ThesisA Comparison of the Physiology, Ecology and Distribution of Some New England Woodlice (1935)

Selected works

Books
  • John L. Fuller (1954). Nature and Nurture: A Modern Synthesis.
  • Fuller 1960, "Behavior Genetics", Annual Review of Psychology, 11(1), 41–70. doi:10.1146/annurev.ps.11.020160.000353
  • John L. Fuller; W. R. Thompson (1960). Behavior Genetics.
  • John Paul Scott; John L. Fuller (1965). Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog (PDF).
  • John L. Fuller; W. R. Thompson (1973). Foundations of Behavior Genetics.
  • John L. Fuller; Edward C. Simmel (1983). Behavior Genetics: Principles and Applications.
  • John L. Fuller; Edward C. Simmel (1986). Perspectives in Behavior Genetics.

References
  1. Henderson, Norman D. (1993). "John Langworthy Fuller (1910-1992)". Behavior Genetics. 23 (2): 109–111. doi:10.1007/BF01067413. ISSN 0001-8244.
  2. Dewsbury, Donald A. (2012). "A history of the behavior program at the Jackson Laboratory: An overview". Journal of Comparative Psychology. 126 (1): 31–44. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.666.8767. doi:10.1037/a0021376. ISSN 1939-2087. PMID 21341910.
  3. John Langworthy Fuller (1985). "Of Dogs, Mice, People, and Me". In Dewsbury, Donald (ed.). Studying Animal Behavior: Autobiographies of the Founders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.


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