Sybille Bianca Giulietta Eysenck (/ˈaɪzɛŋk/ EYE-zenk; née Rostal; 16 March 1927 – 5 December 2020) was a British personality psychologist and spouse of psychologist Hans Eysenck, with whom she collaborated as psychologists at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, as co-authors and researchers.
Life
editSybille Bianca Giulietta Rostal was born on 16 March 1927 as the only child of violinist Max Rostal and cellist Giesella "Sela" Trau (1898–1991)[1] in Vienna. In 1934, she went with her parents into exile to Great Britain. In 1946, she became a naturalised British subject.[2]
She received a BSc in psychology in 1952, and a PhD in psychology in 1955, both from the University of London. After a long career (1953–1992) as a psychologist and senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, England, she retired in 1992. She was the editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal Personality and Individual Differences[3] and the author of the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory[4] and its accompanying manuals.
Sybil Eysenck died on 5 December 2020 in London, England, at the age of 93.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Sela Trau biography, lexm.uni-hamburg.de. Accessed 12 April 2024. (in German)
- ^ Data from her father, Max Rostal, Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit by University of Hamburg (in German).
- ^ Rodriquez, Tessie J. (2009). Understanding Human Behavior. Rex Bookstore, Inc. p. 197. ISBN 9789712352447.
- ^ WorldCat
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