Biography bowlby john

British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1907–1990)

Edward John Mostyn Bowlby (; 26 February 1907 – 2 September 1990) was a British psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory.

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A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bowlby as the 49th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.^[1][2][3]

Family background

Bowlby was born in London to an upper-middle-income family. He was the fourth of six children and was brought up by a nanny in the British fashion of his class at that time: the family hired a nanny who was in charge of raising the children, in a separate nursery in the house.^[4] Nanny Friend took care of the infants and generally had two other nursemaids to help her.

Bowlby was raised primarily by nursemaid Minnie who acted as a mother figure to him and his siblings.^[4]

His father, Sir Anthony Alfred John Bowlby and Attachment Theory: Stages and Working Model ... GYMI