Jan Herbert Bruell (December 27, 1920 – January 21, 1997) was a Polish-born American psychologist and geneticist known for his work in

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and

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. He was a professor in the

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department at the

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from 1968 until his death in 1997. He was a founding member of the

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, and served as

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of its flagship journal, ''

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'', from 1978 to 1986.

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List of Professors Emeriti
in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin Polish emigrants to the United States 1920 births 1997 deaths People from Bielsko Heidelberg University alumni Clark University alumni 20th-century American psychologists American geneticists Behavior geneticists Case Western Reserve University faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty Academic journal editors 20th-century American zoologists Polish expatriates in Germany {{US-psychologist-stub