Richard Lynn - Definition and Overview

Richard Lynn is a professor of psychology in Northern Ireland. He received his degree from Cambridge University, and is an emeritus professor at the University of Ulster.

Lynn is a member of the London School of Differential Psychology. He has published three books and several academic articles. His research is principly involved in correlating intelligence and race. His self-described interests are: intelligence, sex differences, race differences, and eugenics.

Lynn's studies were cited in the 1994 book, The Bell Curve and came under criticism as part of the controversy surrounding that book. His most recent research, published 2002 in the journal Population and Environment, is titled Skin color and intelligence in African Americans. Lynn purports to prove that African-Americans with lighter-colored skin have higher intelligence than those with darker skin. [1] (http://www.rlynn.co.uk/pages/publications.htm)

Lynn serves on the board of directors of the Pioneer Fund, which provides large grants to support his research. He is also on the editorial board of the Pioneer-supported Mankind Quarterly.

Works

• Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations. Westport, CT: Praeger,1996.
• Eugenics: A Reassessment. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001
• The Science of Human Diversity: A History of the Pioneer Fund, Richard Lynn, Rowman & Littlefield 2001, ISBN 0761820418
• IQ and the Wealth of Nations (Co-author Tatu Vanhanen, University of Helsinki) Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. ISBN: 027597510X

External links

• Official website (http://www.rlynn.co.uk/)
• PISA scores transformed into IQ values in comparison with IQ estimated by Lynn and Vanhanen (http://www.volkmar-weiss.de/table.html)