Skinner may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Skinner (surname) Skinner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Etymology
The surname Skinner is an occupational surname of English origin, from the Old Norse word 'skinn', denoting someone who stripped the hide from animals, to be used in the prod ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with that surname
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Skinner (profession) A skinner is a person who skins animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs, part or whole. Historically, skinners engaged in the hide and fur trades.
"Mule skinner" (or " muleskinner") is slang for muleteer, a driver or wrangler of mules.
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, a person who makes a living by working with animal skins or driving mules
*Skinner, a ring name of professional wrestler
Steve Keirn in early 1990s
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B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and Social philosophy, social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his ret ...
, American Psychologist
American geography
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Skinner, Missouri
Skinner is an unincorporated community in Audrain County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with ...
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Skinner Butte, a prominent hill beside the Willamette River in Oregon
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Skinner Reservoir
Skinner Reservoir, also known as Lake Skinner, is a reservoir in western Riverside County, California, located at the foot of Bachelor Mountain in the Auld Valley, approximately northeast of Temecula. It was created in 1973 by the construction o ...
, a reservoir in Riverside County, California
Other uses
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''Skinner'' (film), a 1993 horror film
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The Skinner
''The Skinner'' is a 2002 science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, ...
'', a 2002 science fiction novel by Neal Asher
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Skinner, Inc., also known as Skinner, an auction house for fine art and antiques
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The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles'', referred to as Skinner, by Bernard Skinner
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Skinners (disambiguation)
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