Stanley Milgram

Stanley Milgram (August 15, 1933 - December 20, 1984) was a Yale University psychologist who conducted the Small world experiment (the source of the six degrees of separation concept) and the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority.

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August 15 - 1933 - December 20 - 1984 - Yale University - Psychologist - Small world experiment - Six degrees of separation - Milgram experiment - Authority

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Although considered one of the most important psychologists of the 20th century, he never took a psychology course as an undergraduate at Queens College, New York, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1954. He applied to a Ph.D. program in social psychology at Harvard University and was initially rejected due to lack of psychology background. He was accepted in 1954 after taking six courses in psychology, and graduated with the Ph.D. in 1960. Milgram's mentor at Harvard was psychologist Solomon Asch.

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Queens College, New York - Bachelor's degree - Political Science - 1954 - Ph.D. - Social psychology - Harvard University - 1960 - Solomon Asch

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In 1984, Milgram passed away at the age of 51 in the city of his birth, New York. He died of a heart attack.

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1984 - New York - Heart attack

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In 2004, a biography of Milgram was published under the title The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram, by Thomas Blass.

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