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Gesell

American  
[guh-zel] / gəˈzɛl /

noun

  1. Arnold Lucius, 1880–1961, U.S. psychologist.


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The 10-storey Dubrovnik hotel, in the coastal city of Villa Gesell, collapsed early on Tuesday, said Reuters news agency, quoting the local municipality.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

"This was lightyears away from the miracle we were hoping for," Cottonwood Police Chief Steve Gesell told reporters.

From Fox News • Jul. 29, 2021

Ames worked at the Yale Clinic of Child Development, was research assistant to psychologist Arnold Gesell, then founded the Gesell Institute of Child Development.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2021

After hearing a lecture on adult development, she immersed herself in academic studies and interviewed more than 100 people, trying to do for adults “what Gesell and Spock did for children,” as she put it.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2020

Reviewing the year's activities for Gesell, Fitt concluded that "we have done everything we could think of" in formulating civil rights policy and in establishing a monitoring system for its enforcement.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.