Cornelis George Boeree (January 15, 1952 – January 5, 2021) was an American psychologist and professor emeritus at

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, specializing in personality theory and the

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Life

Boeree was born in

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, near

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, in the

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. He moved with his parents and brother to the United States in 1956 and grew up on Long Island, New York. He married Judy Kovarik in 1972 and had three daughters. He received his doctoral degree in 1980 from

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. He died on January 5, 2021, at his home in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Works on psychology

Boeree was the author of the first online psychology texts, which he made available at no cost to students and other interested parties starting in 1997. They have been translated into German, Spanish, and Bulgarian. Two of his textbooks have been published, one on personality theories and one on the history of psychology.

Lingua Franca Nova

Boeree was also the inventor of the auxiliary language

Lingua Franca Nova Lingua Franca Nova (), abbreviated as LFN and known colloquially as Elefen, is an auxiliary constructed language originally created by C. George Boeree of Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, and further developed by many of its users. Its voc ...

, which first appeared in 1998 on the Internet. He was the coeditor of the Lingua Franca Nova dictionary.Davies, Simon and Boeree, C. G. (2018). Disionario de Lingua Franca Nova. Dundee, Scotland: Evertype.

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* 1952 births 2021 deaths 21st-century American psychologists Constructed language creators Dutch emigrants to the United States Oklahoma State University alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni People from Haarlemmermeer People from Long Island Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania faculty Speakers of international auxiliary languages {{psychologist-stub