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B. F. Skinner Biography

B. F. Skinner Biography

B. F. Skinner also known as Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania to William and Grace Skinner. His father was an attorney and his mother and housewife. He was brought up in an old fashioned and hard working home.
Mr. Skinner loved the outdoors and building things, and actually enjoyed school. However, he did have some tragedies one in particular was the death of his brother who died at the age of 16 from a cerebral aneurysm.
Burrhus attended Hamilton College in New York. Where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1926. He was known as an outsider because he didn’t fit in well at the school. He wrote for the school paper and was often critical of the school, sororities, and faculty. Burrhus was also an atheist and he attended a school that required that you attend chapel every day. After graduating he moved home and lived in his parent’s attic so that he concentrates on writing. But......


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