Cornelis George Boeree (January 15, 1952 – January 5, 2021) was an American psychologist at Shippensburg University, who specialized in personality theory and the history of psychology. He created the language Lingua Franca Nova.
C. George Boeree | |
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| Born | Cornelis George Boeree January 15, 1952 Badhoevedorp, Netherlands |
| Died | January 5, 2021 (aged 68) |
| Known for | Lingua Franca Nova |
| Spouse |
Judy Kovarik (m. 1972) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Education |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychologist |
| Institutions | Shippensburg University |
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| Website | webspace.ship.edu/cgboer |
Life
editBoeree was born in Badhoevedorp, 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
editBoeree 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
editBoeree was also the inventor of the auxiliary language Lingua Franca Nova (ISO 639-3: lfn), which first appeared in 1998 on the Internet. It has its own Wikipedia (lfnwiki),[9] and books have been translated into it. He was the coeditor of the Disionario de Lingua Franca Nova ("Lingua Franca Nova Dictionary").[10]
References
edit- ^ "C. George Boeree". Social Psychology Network. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "C. George Boeree Online Texts". webspace.ship.edu. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Blog" (PDF).
- ^ Boeree, C. G. and Gautier Roques, R. E. (translator) (2005). Teorías de la Personalidad. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Universidad Iberoamericana.
- ^ "Теории за личността".
- ^ Boeree, C. G. (2017). Personality Theories: From Freud to Frankl. Open Knowledge Books.
- ^ Boeree, C. G. (2018). History of Psychology. Open Knowledge Books.
- ^ Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia
- ^ Davies, Simon and Boeree, C. G. (2018). Disionario de Lingua Franca Nova. Dundee, Scotland: Evertype.
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