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Barbara Patricia Tizard, FBA, FBPsS (née Parker; 16 April 1926 – 4 January 2015) was a British psychologist and academic, specialising in developmental psychology. She was Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London from 1980 to 1990, and Professor of Education from 1982 to 1990.

Early life and education

Tizard was born on 16 April 1926 in West Ham, London, England. Her parents divorced when she was seven, and she was then raised by her single mother. Having won a scholarship, she was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an all-girls private school in London. She matriculated into Somerville College, Oxford in 1944 to study medicine but changed to Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) after a year. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. She later undertook part-time postgraduate studies at the University of London, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree on the "psychological effects of brain damage".

Academic career

Tizard was a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry between 1963 and 1967. She joined the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London in 1967. She was Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, from 1980 to 1990, and Professor of Education from 1982 to 1990. She retired from the IOE in 1990 and was appointed Professor Emeritus by the University of London.

Personal life

The then Barbara Parker met Jack Tizard while she was studying at the University of Oxford. Unusually for the time, she was given permission to marry while still an undergraduate, and they did so in 1947. Together they had five children. Her husband predeceased her, dying in 1979.

Honours

In 1997, Tizard was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. She was also an elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS).

References

1. ^ "Tizard, Prof. Barbara". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37783. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
2. Phoenix, Ann; Brannen, Julia; Moss, Peter (2019). "Tizard (née Parker), Barbara Patricia (1926–2015), developmental psychologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111793. ISBN 9780198614128. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. ^ Brannen, Julia; Phoenix, Ann (13 January 2015). "Barbara Tizard obituary". The Guardian.
4. ^ Harrison, Pauline (14 October 2015). "Barbra Tizard (Parker, 1944)". Somerville College Report. p. 46. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. ^ Brannen, Julia; Moss, Peter; Phoenix, Ann (March 2015). "Barbara Tizard (1926–2015)". The Psychologist. 28: 172–181. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
6. "Professor Barbara Tizard". British Academy. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

• Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford
• 1926 births
• 2015 deaths
• British women psychologists
• 20th-century British psychologists
• 21st-century British psychologists
• British developmental psychologists
• Child psychologists
• Fellows of the British Academy
• Fellows of the British Psychological Society
• People from West Ham
• People educated at St Paul's Girls' School
• Alumni of the University of London