Nuri Ja'far

Nuri Ja'far Ali al-Chalabi , better known as Nuri Ja'far (; 1914 – 7 November 1991), was an Iraqi psychologist, philosopher of education, and author. He wrote more than fifty works on pedagogy, psychology, history, philosophy, thought and literature. After graduating from the Higher Teachers' House in Baghdad, he went to the United States, and received a master's degree from Ohio University in 1948 and a doctorate in philosophy from the same university in the following year. He was a student of John Dewey and majored in neuropsychology.

In his late years, he moved to Libya to teach at the University of Tripoli, until his death. Although Ja'far died in 1991, controversy about his death has continued by biographers.

Early years and education

Life in Iraq

Ja'far was born in Al-Qurnah, Basra vilayet. His father, a farmer, and mother, Halimah bint Muhammad Ali Chalabi, were first cousins. Ja'far, referring to his mother, stated that "she was calm, very tolerant, and read the Qur'an, and that was in the 1920s". From 1963 to 1991 he taught in the following universities in Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Canada and United States: 1964, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology in the Faculties of Education and Sharia in Umm al-Qura University; 1965–1969, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts in University of Benghazi; 1970 – 1973, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts in Mohammed V University; 1974, Visiting professor of psychology at the University of Sheffield; 1975 – 1983, Experienced Professor at the College of Education, University of Baghdad; 1977, Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Kuwait University; 1983, Professor at the University of Montreal; 1984, Professor Emeritus at Purdue University; Finally, 1991, Professor of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Psychology at Al-Fateh University. His youngest daughter, Nujood said he died in 1991 at the age of 77 due to a heart ailment:

, 1950 , 1954 , 1954 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1958 , 1959 , 1962 , 1970 , 1971 , 1971 , 1976 , 1978 , 1978 , 1978 , 1979 , 1981 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1986 , 1986 , 1987 , 1987 , 1978 , 1987 , 1987 , 1990 , 1991

In English: The Philosophy of Boyd H. Bode with Special Consideration of Its Meaning for Education in Iraq, 1949 Creativity and Brain Mechanism, 1976 Fandamentals of Neuropsychology, 1988