death_place death_date children birth_place article_title parents birth_date main_interest spouse notable_idea name
skye 2 september 1990 richard bowlby london john bowlby
 anthony alfred bowlby , mary bridget mostyn 26 february 1907 psychoanalysis ursula longstaff attachment theory edward john mostyn bowlby
john bowlby

edward john mostyn bowlby -lrb- ; 26 february 1907 -- 2 september 1990 -rrb- was a british psychologist , psychiatrist , and psychoanalyst , notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory .
a `` review of general psychology '' survey , published in 2002 , ranked bowlby as the 49th most cited psychologist of the 20th century .
