Ian M.L. Hunter
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Ian M.L. Hunter | |
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| Born | 14 October 1927 |
| Died | 30 August 2004 (aged 76) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Oxford |
| Known for | Experimental psychology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Keele University |
| Thesis | A comparative investigation of generalization processes (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Humphrey |
Ian Melville Logan Hunter (14 October 1927 – 30 August 2004) was a Scottish experimental psychologist.
Hunter was born in Dunfermline in 1927. He attended the University of Edinburgh from which he graduated in 1949 with a first class honours degree in psychology. He proceeded to the University of Oxford where he undertook research supervised by George Humphrey. He obtained his DPhil in 1953 for a thesis entitled A comparative investigation of generalization processes.[1] He returned to the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer and remained there until 1962 when he was appointed the Foundation Professor of Psychology at Keele University. He retired in 1982 and moved back to Edinburgh where he died in 2004.[2]
