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Dr '''Arnold Lucius Gesell''' ([[1880]]-[[1961]]) was a pioneer in the field of [[child development]]. His set of normal milestones for children is still widely used by [[pediatrics|pediatricians]], [[psychology|psychologists]] and other professionals who work with children.
 
 
Gesell was born in [[Alma, Wisconsin]]. He studied [[psychology]] at [[Clark University]], receiving his [[PhD]] in [[1906]], continued in [[medicine]] at [[Yale University]], where he gained his [[medical doctor|MD]] in [[1915]]. At Yale, he started fairly soon with a clinic of child development, and between [[1915]] and [[1948]] he was professor of child hygiene at Yale.
 
 
He worked on [[feral child]]ren and [[adoption]], but his main interest was the normal development of children. To this end he constructed the [[Gesell dome]], a [[mirror|one-way mirror]] shaped as a dome, under which children could be observed without being disturbed. Measurements done in these sessions (which were annotated and filmed extensively) contributed to a set of milestones which are still being
 
used by child health professionals.
 
 
==External links==
 
* [http://www3.uakron.edu/ahap/gesell_a.htm Gesell's archives]
 
* [http://elvers.stjoe.udayton.edu/history/people/Gesell.html Historical link collection] (with photo)
 
 
 
 
  
 
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