Alan Paul Bell (January 18, 1932 – May 13, 2002) was an American psychologist who worked at the

Kinsey Institute The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (often shortened to The Kinsey Institute) is a research institute at Indiana University. Established in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1947 as a nonprofit, the institute merged with Indi ...

. Bell was born in

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on January 18, 1932. He earned an undergraduate degree from

University of the South The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee (), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an official seminary of ...

and a master's degree from

General Theological Seminary The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (GTS) is an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal seminary in New York City. Founded in 1817, GTS is the oldest seminary of the Episcopal Church and the longest continuously operating ...

. In 1964 he earned a doctorate from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He was the father of violinist

Joshua Bell Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He plays the Gibson Stradivarius. Early life and education Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, to Shirley Bell, a therapist, and Alan P. Bell, a psychologi ...

Selected works

* ''The Personality of a Child Molester: An Analysis of Dreams'' (1971) * '' Homosexuality: An Annotated Bibliography'' (1972) * '' Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1981)

References

1932 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American psychologists Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Columbia University alumni People from Newark, New Jersey General Theological Seminary alumni {{US-psychologist-stub