Scientist. A native of Alma, Wisconsin, he was a pioneer in the field of child development. He studied psychology at the Clark University, where he received his PhD. He later studied at Yale University and received his MD from there in 1915. After finishing at Yale he started his first clinic for child development, and from 1915 to 1948, he was a Professor of child hygiene at Yale University. Mainly focusing on issues including adotion and feral children, he constructed the Gesell dome, a one-way mirror shaped as a dome, that children could be observed under without being dsturbed. Some of Gesell's methods are still being used by psychologists and pediatricians to this day. Some of his works include, "An Atlas Of Infant Behavior" (1934), "Infant And Child In The Culture Of Today" (1943), "The Child From Five To Ten" (1946), and "Youth: The Years from Ten To Sixteen" (1956). He continued his work up until his death in 1961, at the age of 81.
Scientist. A native of Alma, Wisconsin, he was a pioneer in the field of child development. He studied psychology at the Clark University, where he received his PhD. He later studied at Yale University and received his MD from there in 1915. After finishing at Yale he started his first clinic for child development, and from 1915 to 1948, he was a Professor of child hygiene at Yale University. Mainly focusing on issues including adotion and feral children, he constructed the Gesell dome, a one-way mirror shaped as a dome, that children could be observed under without being dsturbed. Some of Gesell's methods are still being used by psychologists and pediatricians to this day. Some of his works include, "An Atlas Of Infant Behavior" (1934), "Infant And Child In The Culture Of Today" (1943), "The Child From Five To Ten" (1946), and "Youth: The Years from Ten To Sixteen" (1956). He continued his work up until his death in 1961, at the age of 81.
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