Gustav Jahoda, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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social psychologist
Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1920
Date of Death: 12-Dec-2016
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Gustav Jahoda
- Gustav Jahoda (October 11, 1920 - December 12, 2016) was an Austrian psychologist and writer.He was educated in Vienna, then subsequently in Paris and London.
- He studied sociology and psychology at London University before obtaining a lectureship in social psychology at the University of Manchester.
- In 1952 he took up a post at the University College of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in the Department of Sociology, where he carried out pioneering research into cross-cultural psychology.In 1963, Gustav Jahoda was invited to set up a new psychology department in the University of Strathclyde, although he continued to make field trips to West Africa.
- He retired in 1985.He published works on cross-cultural psychology, socio-cognitive development and history of the social sciences.
- He also published more than 200 articles.
- Jahoda was elected fellow of the British Academy in 1988 and fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1993.
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