C. George Boeree

Cornelis George Boeree (January 15, 1952 – January 5, 2021) was an American psychologist and professor emeritus at Shippensburg University, specializing in personality theory and the history of psychology.

C. George Boeree
Born
Cornelis George Boeree

(1952-01-15)January 15, 1952
Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
DiedJanuary 5, 2021(2021-01-05) (aged 68)
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Known forLingua Franca Nova
Spouse
Judy Kovarik
​
(m. 1972)​
Children3
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplinePsychologist
InstitutionsShippensburg University
Main interests
Websitewebspace.ship.edu/cgboer

Life

Boeree was born in Badhoevedorp, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He moved with his parents and brother to the United States in 1956 and grew up on Long Island, New York. He married Judy Kovarik in 1972 and had three daughters. He received his doctoral degree in 1980 from Oklahoma State University.[1] He died on January 5, 2021, at his home in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[2]

Works on psychology

Boeree was the author of the first online psychology texts,[3] which he made available at no cost to students and other interested parties starting in 1997. They have been translated into German,[4] Spanish,[5] and Bulgarian.[6] Two of his textbooks have been published, one on personality theories[7] and one on the history of psychology.[8]

Lingua Franca Nova

Boeree was also the inventor of the auxiliary language Lingua Franca Nova, which first appeared in 1998 on the Internet. He was the coeditor of the Lingua Franca Nova dictionary.[9]

References
  1. "C. George Boeree". Social Psychology Network. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  2. "Cornelis G. Boeree 1952 – 2021". The Sentinel (Pennsylvania). January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Legacy.com.
  3. "C. George Boeree Online Texts". webspace.ship.edu. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  4. "Blog" (PDF).
  5. Boeree, C. G. and Gautier Roques, R. E. (translator) (2005). Teorías de la Personalidad. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Universidad Iberoamericana.
  6. "Теории за личността".
  7. Boeree, C. G. (2017). Personality Theories: From Freud to Frankl. Open Knowledge Books.
  8. Boeree, C. G. (2018). History of Psychology. Open Knowledge Books.
  9. Davies, Simon and Boeree, C. G. (2018). Disionario de Lingua Franca Nova. Dundee, Scotland: Evertype.


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