David Joseph Weeks (born 1944) is an American
neuropsychologist, educator and author best known for his study of
eccentricity. Born and raised in
Garwood, New Jersey
Garwood is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,454, an increase of 228 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,226, which in turn reflected an increase ...
, Weeks moved to Scotland in 1975. He practices at the
Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Weeks is the author of two popular books on the study of eccentrism, ''Eccentrics: The Scientific Investigation'' (1988) and ''Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness'' (1995).
References
Further reading
*Darnton John (September 12, 1997).
Zanies? Here they’re eccentrics and proud of it. ''New York Times''.
*Gluck Jeremy (1995).
The way we ought to be. ''New Scientist''. 145(1966):37.
*Kenny, Michael G. (1997). "Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness". ''Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology''. 34(2):242.
*Therivel, William A. (1996). "Are Eccentrics Creative? On Weeks and James's Eccentrics". ''Creativity Research Journal''. 2/3:289.
*Tucker, S. D. (2015). ''Great British Eccentrics''. Amberley Publishing Limited. {{isbn, 9781445647715
Living people
1944 births
People from Garwood, New Jersey
21st-century American psychologists
20th-century American psychologists