Background
Bowlby, John Mostyn was born on February 26, 1907 in London. Son of Anthony Alfred and Maria Bridget (Mostyn) Bowlby.
Bowlby, John Mostyn was born on February 26, 1907 in London. Son of Anthony Alfred and Maria Bridget (Mostyn) Bowlby.
Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1928. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1932. Doctor of Medicine, University Cambridge, England, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cambridge, England, 1977. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Leicester, England, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Regensburg, 1989.
Staff psychiatrist, London Child Guidance Clinic, London, 1937-1940; consultant psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, London, 1946-1972; honorary consultant psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, London, since 1972; fellow, Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1957-1958; science staff, Medical Research Council, London, 1963-1972; visiting professor, Stanford University Medical Center, 1968; Freud professor psychoanalysis, University College, London, 1981. Consultant Word Health Organisation, Geneva, 1950-1957, National Institute Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1958-1961.
(Women's Health, Mental Health, Child Care)
Served to lieutenant colonel Royal Army Medical Corps., 1940-1945. Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists (honorary 1980), British Academy, British Psychological Society. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary 1981), British Psychoanalytical Society, International Association Child Psychiatry (president 1962-1966).
Married Ursula Longstaff, April 14, 1938. Children: Mary, Richard, Pia, Robert.