What is Steven Pinker?
{{Infobox person | name = Steven Pinker | image = Steven Pinker 2005.jpg | alt = Steven Pinker 2005 | caption = Steven Pinker 2005 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|18}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | nationality = Canadian-American | fields = Psychology, linguistics | workplaces = Harvard University | thesis_title = Rules and Representations | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/title/rules-and-representations/oclc/14525181&referer=brief_results | thesis_year = 1979 | notable_students = John Goldsmith, Lila Gleitman | awards = National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Canada | spouse = Rebecca Goldstein | children = 2 | website = {{URL|https://stevenpinker.com/}} }} '''Steven Arthur Pinker''' (born September 18, 1954) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] experimental [[psychologist]]. He has written six popular psychology books. He is a [[Harvard]] College [[professor]]. ==Early life and career== Pinker was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1954, to a [[middle-class]] [[English language|English]]-speaking [[Jew]]ish family. ==Personal life== When he was 13 he became an [[atheist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1999/nov/06/1|title=Steven Pinker: the mind reader|first=Guardian|last=Staff|date=6 November 1999|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Pinker was given the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award on May 13, 2006. ==Other websites== *[http://stevenpinker.com/ Official website] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Evolutionary psychologists}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinker, Steven}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:American atheists]] [[Category:American feminists]] [[Category:American psychologists]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from Montreal]]