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Edward de Bono - Wikipedia
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (19 May 1933 – 9 June 2021)[1] was a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor, philosopher, and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats, and was a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.[2]
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was born in Malta on 19 May 1933.[3] Educated at St. Edward's College, Malta, he then gained a medical degree from the University of Malta. Following this, he proceeded as a Rhodes Scholar to Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained an MA in psychology and physiology. He represented Oxford in polo and set two canoeing records. He then gained a PhD degree in medicine from Trinity College, Cambridge, an honorary DDes (Doctor of Design) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,[4] and an honorary LLD from the University of Dundee.[5]
De Bono held faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge (where he helped to establish the university's medical school), London and Harvard.[6] He was a professor at Malta, Pretoria, Central England and Dublin City University. De Bono held the Da Vinci Professor of Thinking chair at University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, US.[7] He was one of the 27 Ambassadors for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.[8]
