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Robert Boakes
Robert Alan Boakes (born 21 August 1939) is a British–Australian psychologist and academic notable for research in experimental psychology, especially learning, behaviour, and associative models in animals and humans. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney, having held the McCaughey Chair in Psychology.
Boakes was born in Streatham, London, on 21 August 1939. He studied in Surrey, attending Lime Grove Primary School, Elm Grove Church of England Junior School, and Kingston Grammar School. After a year as an engineering apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers in Salford, he pursued tertiary studies at the University of Cambridge, completing Natural Sciences (Psychology) and earning a BA with honours in 1963. He received a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and completed his PhD in Psychology at Harvard University in 1967.
Boakes founded the Australian Learning Group after relocating to Sydney. His work has focused on:
Boakes served as chief investigator on the following Australian Research Council (ARC) grants:
Boakes was married to Mary Frances White (1967–1989) and to Margaret June Kirkwood (1997–present). He has three children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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Robert Boakes
Robert Alan Boakes (born 21 August 1939) is a British–Australian psychologist and academic notable for research in experimental psychology, especially learning, behaviour, and associative models in animals and humans. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney, having held the McCaughey Chair in Psychology.
Boakes was born in Streatham, London, on 21 August 1939. He studied in Surrey, attending Lime Grove Primary School, Elm Grove Church of England Junior School, and Kingston Grammar School. After a year as an engineering apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers in Salford, he pursued tertiary studies at the University of Cambridge, completing Natural Sciences (Psychology) and earning a BA with honours in 1963. He received a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and completed his PhD in Psychology at Harvard University in 1967.
Boakes founded the Australian Learning Group after relocating to Sydney. His work has focused on:
Boakes served as chief investigator on the following Australian Research Council (ARC) grants:
Boakes was married to Mary Frances White (1967–1989) and to Margaret June Kirkwood (1997–present). He has three children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.