B. F. Skinner
Burris Frederic Skinner was born on March 20th, 1904 in Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania. His mother, Grace M. Burrhus, was a stenographer and a secretary,
in a law office and later in a railroad chief executive's office. His father,
William A. Skinner, was an attorney, who studied law with another local attorney
at a New York Law School. Skinner's parents were both good students. His father
had bought several sets of books, so there was a lot of reading material their
children. S...
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