Memoirs of a Dissident Psychologist

by Richard Lynn

Richard Lynn was born in 1930, the illegitimate son of geneticist Sydney Harland, and raised by his mother Ann in London and Bristol. Despite a wartime childhood disrupted by evacuation to the north of England, he attended the prestigious Bristol Grammar School and won a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. His early academic career was spent in Exeter and Dublin, after which he was appointed Professor of Psychology at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. It was here that he developed the theories on intelligence that would make him one of the more controversial psychologists of the late 20th century.

Lynn describes his work, and that of his numerous contemporaries, many of whom became colleagues and close friends. He intersperses the account of his academic life with reflections on important world events and personalities, as well as entertaining insights in to his personal and family affairs over the course of 90 years and 3 marriages.

Genres: Psychology, Biography, History

476 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

British Professor Emeritus of Psychology, who is known for his views on racial and ethnic differences.

Lynn was educated at Cambridge University. He has worked as lecturer in psychology at the University of Exeter, and as professor of psychology at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, and at the University of Ulster at Coleraine.

Most of his books are about the differences of IQ between different etnicities.

Reviews

[Emil O. W. Kirkegaard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one very entertaining book. There's a ton of anecdotes on famous scientists, and travel stories. Easily the most fun Lynn book.

[Damned Snake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard Lynn is a man who opened by eyes on the subject of heritability, IQ, eugenics. Also with this book, he made me laugh.