Janellen Huttenlocher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janellen Huttenlocher

American university teacher and psychologist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1932

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 20-Nov-2016

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Janellen Huttenlocher (February 17, 1932 – November 20, 2016) was a psychologist and professor known for her research in the field of the child's environment in the development of cognitive skills.
She was the William S.
Gray Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of Chicago at the time of her death. Huttenlocher was a recipient of the Association for Psychological Science William James Fellow Award in 2013, and the Society for Research in Child Development Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development in 2009.
She was honored with the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology in 2008 for having "greatly expanded scientific knowledge about cognition and its development in domains as varied as language, spatial cognition, quantitative thought, and memory."