David Keirsey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Keirsey

American psychologist

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-2013

Profession: psychologist, university teacher, academic, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

David West Keirsey (; August 31, 1921 – July 30, 2013) was an American psychologist, a professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, and the author of several books.
In his most popular publications, Please Understand Me (1978, co-authored by Marilyn Bates) and the revised and expanded second volume Please Understand Me II (1998), he laid out a self-assessed personality questionnaire, known as the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, which links human behavioral patterns to four temperaments and sixteen character types.
Both volumes of Please Understand Me contain the questionnaire for type evaluation with detailed portraits and a systematic treatment of descriptions of temperament traits and personality characteristics.
With a focus on conflict management and cooperation, Keirsey specialized in family and partnership counseling and the coaching of children and adults.