John Bowlby: Biography of the Founder of Attachment Theory

  Psychologist and psychoanalyst, John Bowlby (February 26, 1907 – September 2, 1990) believed that early childhood attachments play a critical role in a child’s later development and mental functioning. His work contributed to the development of attachment theory. This is the idea that children are born with the need to seek and remain close to parental figures or those responsible for their care, for the purposes of their own survival. Biography of John Bowlby John Bowlby was the son of Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, surgeon of the royal house, and Mary Bridget Mostyn. He was the fourth of six…