| Code | BPS/GB/170 |
| Name | Wedderburn; Alexander A I (1935-2017); Professor; FBPsS |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Alexander A I |
| Surname | Wedderburn |
| Dates | 1935-2017 |
| Epithet | FBPsS |
| Parallel Name | A.I.Wedderburn |
| Other Names | Zander Wedderburn |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Corby, Northants 1959-1963
University College Cardiff 1963-1968
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 1968-2000
Professor Emeritus, Heriot-Watt University, appointed 2000 |
| Address | Edinburgh |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 09/05/1935
Place of Birth: Edinburgh
Date of Death 23/02/2017
University and Professional Training:
Oxford University, MA in Psychology and Philosophy 1959
Heriot-Watt University, PhD, Studies of attitudes to continuous shiftwork 1992
Professional career:
Two years National Service, Royal Navy (nd)
Management Trainee and Foreman, steel tube industry Corby, Northants 1959-1963
Research Assistant and Associate, University College Cardiff 1963-1968
Lecturer to Professor, (School of Management) Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 1968-2000
Professor Emeritus, Heriot-Watt University, appointed 2000
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
President BPS 2003-2004
Fellow BPS (nd)
Editor, Bulletin of European Shiftwork Topics (nd)
Founding Editor Shiftwork International newsletter
British Steel Corporation Fellowship 1970-1972
Sources: A Wedderburn's Personal Details Sheet
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Wedderburn A. Guidelines for shiftworkers. Bulletin of European Shiftwork Topics No. 3 Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions; 1991
Zander Wedderburn, British Psychological Society President 2003-2004, Presidential Address: 'shiftworkers - a minority who can be helped' The Psychologist Vol.20 October 2007
Gray J.A. & Wedderburn A.A.I. (1960). Grouping strategies with simultaneous stimuli . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 12, 180-184.
Wedderburn, A.A.I. (1967). Social factors in swiftly rotating shifts. Occupational Psychology, 41, 85-107.
Wedderburn, AAI. 1981. Is there a pattern in the value of time off work? In Night and Shiftwork: Biological and Social Aspects, edited by N Reinberg, N Vieux, and P Andlauer. Oxford: Pergamon. |
| Source | A Wedderburn's Personal Details Sheet |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |
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