Guo, Renyuan, 1898-1970
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Name (Latin)
Guo, Renyuan, 1898-1970
Other forms of name
Kuo, Zing-Yang, 1898-1970
Date of birth
1898
Date of death
1970-08-14
Place of birth
Shantou (Guangdong Sheng, China)
Place of death
Hong Kong
Associated country
China United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Kowloon (China)
Other associated place
Shanghai (China) Berkeley (Calif.) Raleigh (N.C.)
Field of activity
Animal behavior genetics Epigenetics Psychophysiology
Associate group
Fu dan da xue (Shanghai, China) University of California, Berkeley Zhejiang da xue University of Hong Kong Dorothea Dix Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.)
Occupation
Experimental psychologists
Associated Language
chieng
Gender
male
Language
chieng
Sources of Information
- Gottlieb, Gilbert. Development of behavior in the duck embryo, 1965: Zing-Yang Kuo; experimental and physiological psychologist specializing in animal behavior epigenetics; born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China, in 1898; studied at Fudan University in Shanghai; obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley; President of Zhejiang University, 1933 to 1936; Kuo was a visiting scholar to the United States, 1936-1945; trustee of the University of Hong Kong and resident of Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1946-1970; died in Hong Kong August 14, 1970 ( (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia WWW site, April 17, 2017) )
- Gottlieb, Gilbert. Zing-Yang Kuo : radical scientific philosopher and innovative experimentalist (1898-1970). Journal of comparative and physiological psychology, July 1, 1972 :
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Wikipedia description:
Kuo Zing-yang (or Z. Y. Kuo; simplified Chinese: 郭任远; traditional Chinese: 郭任遠; pinyin: Guō Rènyuǎn; Jyutping: Kuo Yam6 Yun5; 1898–1970), was a Chinese experimental and physiological psychologist. He was a renowned educator and is also notable as having been the President of Zhejiang University, who was expelled by Zhejiang students in 1935. Kuo was known as "Out-Watsons Mr. Watson" in the international anti-instinct movement.
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