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Robert Neil Butler

ロバート・ニール・バトラー

Robāto Nīru Butorā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1927-01-21 (New York, New York)
死没
2010-07-04 (New York, New York) 83歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
New York, New York → Vineland, New Jersey (with grandparents)

経歴

職業
physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, author
活動期間
1955年〜2010年
所属
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, Mount Sinai Medical Center, International Longevity Center-USA
所属団体
American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, American Federation for Aging Research, Alliance for Aging Research

学歴

Columbia University
Columbia College
学位: BA, MD
国: United States
BA from Columbia College, MD. Editor of Columbia Daily Spectator, member of Philolexian Society.

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1976
対象作品: Why Survive? Being Old In America
部門: General Nonfiction
主催: Columbia University
結果: 受賞
Heinz Award (Human Condition)
2003
主催: Heinz Awards
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Why Survive? Being Old In America

1975年 Nonfiction

Book on social needs and rights of the elderly in America, research on healthy aging.

ageismelderly rightshealthy aging

全著作

  • Human Aging
  • Aging and Mental Health: Positive Psychosocial and Biomedical Approaches
  • Life in an Older America
  • The New Love and Sex After 60
  • The Longevity Prescription: The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life

作風・主題

文体
scientific and medical approachsocial critique
頻出モチーフ
ageismAlzheimer's diseaselongevity

評価・遺産

Pioneer in advocating for elderly rights, coined 'ageism'. First director of National Institute on Aging. Authored over 300 scientific and medical articles.

大衆文化への影響

  • Featured in documentary film 'I Remember Better When I Paint' (2009).

豆知識

  • Coined the term 'ageism' in 1969.
  • Established Alzheimer's disease as a national research priority.