Background
Mackintosh, Nicholas John was born on July 9, 1935 in London. Son of Ian and Daphne (Cochrane) Mackintosh.
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Nicholas John John MACKINTOSH
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Education
He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and in 1963 a Doctorate.Phil.
Career
From 1964 until 1967 he was a lecturer at Oxford University. From 1967 until 1973 he held a Killiam Professorship at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. From 1973 to 1981 he taught at the University of Sussex, prior to being appointed Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology in the University of Cambridge in 1981 until his retirement in 2002.
Mackintosh held visiting professorships at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, University of Hawaii, University of New South Wales and Yale University.
He was a Fellow of King"s College, Cambridge. The British Psychological Society awarded him the Biological Medal in 1984 and the President"s Award in 1986.
In 1987 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was, until his death, Emeritus Professor of Experimental Psychology as well as Distinguished Associate in the Psychometrics Centre in the University of Cambridge.
He died in Bury Street Edmunds at the age of 79 on 8 February 2015 after a short illness.
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Achievements
Works
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Membership
Fellow Royal Society. Member British Experimental Psychology Society.
Connections
Married Janet Ann Scott, July 16, 1960 (divorced). Children: Alasdair, Lucy. Married Bundy Wilson, September 23, 1978.
Children: Duncan, Douglas.
Education
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1960
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1963
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1964
Career
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1967 - 1973
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1973 - 1981
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1981