Background
Roger William Brown was born on April 14, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1962
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Roger William Brown was born on April 14, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Brown attended the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor's degree and a doctorate in psychology.
Brown started his career as an Instructor in Social Psychology at Harvard University in 1952. From 1953 to 1957 he served as an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology while initiating his revolutionary investigation of language acquisition, beginning with a theoretical paper on how young children discover the meanings of words. Brown’s first book, Words and Things, was published in 1957. The same year he started teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After teaching at MIT for five years, Brown returned to Harvard as Professor of Social Psychology in 1962 and remained there till his retirement in 1995.
Brown was known in the field of psychology for founding the study of developmental psycholinguistics. Brown’s research led him to theorize that the dictates of a certain language influence the way the speaker thinks. His theories regarding this subject are detailed in Words and Things, published in 1958.
He wrote two textbooks— Social Psychology and Psychology (with Richard Herrnstein). His other works include A First Language: The Early Stages, Social Psychology: The Second Edition, and Against My Belter Judgment: An Intimate Memoir by an Eminent Gay Psychologist.
Physical Characteristics: Brown had been suffering from prostate cancer and coronary artery disease.
