Background
Bancroft, John was born on June 18, 1936 in Peterborough, England. Son of Jack Stockton and Andree Georgette (Jeffries) Bancroft.
biologist psychiatrist Therapist
Bancroft, John was born on June 18, 1936 in Peterborough, England. Son of Jack Stockton and Andree Georgette (Jeffries) Bancroft.
Bachelor of Arts, University Cambridge, 1957, Bachelor of Medicine B.Chir 1960, Doctor of Medicine Master of Arts, 1970. Trainee in psychiatry Institute Psychiatry, London, 1963-1967. Clinical reader psychiatry University Oxford, England, 1969-1976.
Clinical consultant Medical Research Council Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1976.
Chairman marital sex therapy advisory board National Marriage Guidance, since 1982. Member science advisory board Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, since 1985.
He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. Bancroft received his Bachelor of Arts in 1960 and his Doctor of Medicine in 1970 from the Cambridge University. Bancroft was succeeded as Director of the Kinsey Institute in 2004 by Julia Heiman.
Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists. Member Royal College Physicians, British Association Behavioral Psychotherapy (chairman 1983-1984), International Academy Sex Research (president 1972).
Married Judy Greenwood. Children– Sophie, Thomas, Philip.