Marvin Opler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marvin Opler

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1914

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1981

Profession: psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Marvin Kaufmann Opler (June 13, 1914 in Buffalo, New York – January 3, 1981) was an American anthropologist and social psychiatrist.
His brother Morris Edward Opler was also an anthropologist who studied the Southern Athabaskan peoples of North America.
Morris and Marvin Opler were the sons of Austrian-born Arthur A.
Opler, a merchant, and Fanny Coleman-Hass.
Marvin Opler is best known for his work as a principal investigator in the Midtown Community Mental Health Research Study (New York).
This landmark study hinted at widespread stresses induced by urban life, as well as contributing to the development of the burgeoning field of social psychiatry in the 1950s.