About Whitman Richards
Lived 1932 – 2016 (aged 84). Whitman Richards was an academic and psychologist.
Whitman Albin Richards (1932–16 September 2016) was professor of cognitive sciences and of media arts and sciences and principal investigator in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until his retirement in 2013.
He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduating in 1953, and becoming one of the first four PhD graduates of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 1965.
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Who was Whitman Richards?
psychologist (1932–2016)
When was Whitman Richards born?
Whitman Richards was born on 27 June 1932.
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Whitman Richards died on 16 September 2016 in Newton.
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Whitman Richards was an academic and psychologist.
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