Carl Pfaffmann (May 27, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American physiological

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,New York Times:Dr. Carl Pfaffmann Dies at 80; Psychologist Explored the Senses; By WOLFGANG SAXON; April 21, 1994
/ref>National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs:CARL PFAFFMANN;BY LORRIN A. RIGGS
/ref> noted for his research of the senses of smell and taste. Pfaffman was a member of the

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, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Psychology at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, Vincent and Brooke Astor Professor at

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. He was a recipient of the Warren Medal from Society of Experimental Psychologists and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from American Psychological Association. He was also president of the Eastern Psychological Association and the Division of Experimental Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

Early life

Pfaffmann was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 27, 1913, and grew up in nearby Queens. His grandparents had emigrated from Germany He graduated from Brown University in 1933, one of the youngest members of his class.

Chronology

* 1913 born in Manhattan * 1933 graduated from

* 1935 became

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* 1939 Ph.D. in physiology, Cambridge University * 1940-1965 faculty positions

** 1952 professor of psychology ** 1960 Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Psychology * 1965 a professor and vice president,

* 1978 retires * 1980 named Vincent and Brooke Astor Professor

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pfaffmann, Carl 1913 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American psychologists Brown University faculty Rockefeller University faculty Brown University alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences People from Queens, New York Members of the American Philosophical Society