Amos Tversky

Details

Instance of

human

Born

16 March 1937

Died

2 June 1996

Place of birth

Haifa

Place of death

Stanford

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Amos, Nathan

Family name

Twersky

Mother

Jenia Taversky

Spouse

Barbara Tversky

Child

Tal Tversky

Field of work

psychology, economics

Occupation

psychologist, economist, university teacher, author

Citizenship

Israel

Native language

English

Religion

atheism

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Grawemeyer Awards, William James Fellow Award, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Howard Crosby Warren Medal

academic degree

doctorate

cause of death

melanoma

doctoral advisor

Clyde Coombs, Ward Edwards

doctoral student

Richard Gonzalez, Todd Davies, Derek J. Koehler, Craig R. Fox, Yuval S. Rottenstreich, Lyle A. Brenner, James E. Corter, Ruma Falk, Ruth Beyth-Marom

educated at

University of Michigan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

employer

University of Michigan, Stanford University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University

languages spoken, written or signed

English

manner of death

natural causes

member of

National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society

name in native language

עמוס טברסקי

notable work

prospect theory

work location

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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