Post, Jerrold M.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פוסט, ג'רלד
Name (Latin)
Post, Jerrold M.
Other forms of name
Post, G'erold
Date of birth
1934-02-08
Field of activity
Political psychology
Occupation
Psychologists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 42754712
Wikidata: Q104176273
Library of congress: n 92803264
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, January 15, 2021(in obituary dated December 12, 2020: Jerrold M. Post, specialist in political psychology, dies at 86; born Jerrold Morton Post on February 8, 1934 in New Haven, Connecticut, died November 22, 2020 in Washington of COVID-19; founder of the CIA's Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior; also a jazz pianist; he lived in Bethesda, Maryland prior to his death)
  • Yasir ʻArafat, 2001:t.p. (Prof. G'erold Posṭ) p. 63 (Profesor G'erold Posṭ; prof. of psychiatry, political psychology and international relations, George Washington Univ.)
  • His When illness strikes the leader, c1993:CIP t.p. (Jerrold M. Post, M.D.)
  • Political paranoia, 1997:CIP t.p. (Jerrold M. Post, M.D.) data sheet (b. Feb. 8, 1934)
  • Yasir Arafat, 2001:t.p. (Prof. G'erold Post) p. 63 (Profesor G'erold Post; prof. of psychiatry, political psychology and international relations, George Washington Univ.)

Wikipedia description:

Jerrold Morton Post (February 8, 1934 – November 22, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and author. He was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the founder of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Post created a number of "psychobiographies" on notable individuals during his tenure at the CIA and is credited in some sources as inventing the field of political psychology.

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