David Joseph Weeks

David Joseph Weeks (born 1944) is an American neuropsychologist,[1] educator and author best known for his study of eccentricity. Born and raised in Garwood, New Jersey, Weeks moved to Scotland in 1975. He practices at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.[2] Weeks is the author of two popular books on the study of eccentrism, Eccentrics: The Scientific Investigation (1988) and Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness (1995).[3]

References
  1. Van Bakel, Rogier (February 1, 1996). "Walk the Walk". Wired. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  2. Japenga, Ann (June 8, 1987). "Eccentrics May Have Found Key to Happiness, Psychologist Says". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  3. Weeks, Linton (October 24, 1995). "Nuts about Oddballs". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 7, 2022.

Further reading
  • Darnton John (September 12, 1997). "Zanies? Here they’re eccentrics and proud of it". New York Times.
  • Gluck Jeremy (1995). "The way we ought to be". New Scientist. 145(1966):37.
  • Kenny, Michael G. (1997). "Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness". Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology. 34(2):242.
  • Therivel, William A. (1996). "Are Eccentrics Creative? On Weeks and James's Eccentrics". Creativity Research Journal. 2/3:289. doi:10.1080/10400419.1996.9651184
  • Tucker, S. D. (2015). Great British Eccentrics. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445647715
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