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Wardell Pomeroy

1913 – 2001

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Lived 1913 – 2001 (aged 87). Wardell Pomeroy was an American psychologist, sex educator, sexologist and writer.

Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 – September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist. He was a frequent co-author with Alfred C. Kinsey.

Biography Pomeroy was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Percy W. and Mary A. Pomeroy. He graduated from Indiana University (BA, 1935; MA, 1942) and earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1954 from Columbia University. While working as a psychologist in an Indiana state hospital, he met Kinsey and came to work on his seminal sex-research project. Pomeroy personally recorded approximately 6,000 sexual histories. He was co-author with Kinsey on the landmark books Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). He went into the private practice of sex therapy in New York City in 1963 and wrote books about adolescent sexuality for popular consumption. In 1976, he became dean of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and an adjunct professor at California Medical School and California State University at Northridge. In 1978 he was on the board of advisors for Rupert Raj's Foundation for The Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (F.A.C.T.) Pomeroy retired due to declining health in 1983 and died in Bloomington, Indiana of Lewy body dementia.

Pomeroy was portrayed in the 2004 theatrical film Kinsey by Chris O'Donnell.

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Indiana University Bloomington
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Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
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Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, Wardell B. Pomeroy

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Who was Wardell Pomeroy?

psychologist (1913–2001)

When was Wardell Pomeroy born?

Wardell Pomeroy was born on 6 December 1913 in Kalamazoo.

When did Wardell Pomeroy die?

Wardell Pomeroy died on 6 September 2001 in Bloomington.

What was Wardell Pomeroy's occupation?

Wardell Pomeroy was a psychologist, sex educator, sexologist and writer.

What nationality was Wardell Pomeroy?

Wardell Pomeroy was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wardell Pomeroy

· Wikidata: Q1969096

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