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Perry London

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Perry London · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychologist known for research on psychotherapy and altruism

When

1931 — 1992

Where

United States

Biography

Perry London is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychologist known for research on psychotherapy and altruism

How & why

Perry London was an American psychologist known for research on psychotherapy, hypnosis, behavior change, and the psychology of altruism, including his studies of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. He taught at the University of Southern California, Harvard, and Rutgers. London was Jewish, raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in New York.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Psychologist known for research on psychotherapy and altruism

1931

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology