# Barbara Tizard

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{{Short description|British psychologist (1926–2015)}}
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'''Barbara Patricia Tizard''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FBA|FBPsS}} (née '''Parker'''; 16 April 1926 – 4 January 2015) was a British [psychologist](/source/psychologist) and academic, specialising in [developmental psychology](/source/developmental_psychology). She was Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the [Institute of Education](/source/Institute_of_Education), [University of London](/source/University_of_London) from 1980 to 1990, and [Professor](/source/Professor_(highest_academic_rank)) of Education from 1982 to 1990.

==Early life and education==
Tizard was born on 16 April 1926 in [West Ham](/source/West_Ham), London, England.<ref name="WWW" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111793|title=Tizard (née Parker), Barbara Patricia (1926–2015), developmental psychologist |work= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2019 |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111793|access-date=9 October 2019|last1=Phoenix |first1=Ann |last2=Brannen |first2=Julia |last3=Moss |first3=Peter |isbn=9780198614128 }}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was seven, and she was then raised by her single mother.<ref name="bio G" /> Having won a scholarship, she was educated at [St Paul's Girls' School](/source/St_Paul's_Girls'_School), an all-girls [private school](/source/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom) in London.<ref name="bio G" /> She [matriculated](/source/matriculated) into [Somerville College, Oxford](/source/Somerville_College%2C_Oxford) in 1944 to study medicine but changed to [Philosophy, Politics and Economics](/source/Philosophy%2C_Politics_and_Economics) (PPE) after a year.<ref name="bio G" /><ref name="obit SCR" /> 
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.<ref name="WWW" /> She later undertook part-time postgraduate studies at the [University of London](/source/University_of_London), and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree on the "psychological effects of brain damage".<ref name="bio G" /><ref name="obit SCR" />

==Academic career==
Tizard was a lecturer at the [Institute of Psychiatry](/source/Institute_of_Psychiatry) between 1963 and 1967. She joined the [Institute of Education](/source/Institute_of_Education) (IOE), [University of London](/source/University_of_London) in 1967. She was Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, from 1980 to 1990, and [Professor](/source/Professor_(highest_academic_rank)) of Education from 1982 to 1990. She retired from the IOE in 1990 and was appointed [Professor Emeritus](/source/Professor_Emeritus) by the University of London.<ref name="WWW">{{cite web |title=Tizard, Prof. Barbara |website=[Who Was Who](/source/Who_Was_Who) |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37783 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-37783 |date=1 December 2016|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 }}</ref><ref name="bio G">{{cite news |last1=Brannen |first1=Julia |last2=Phoenix |first2=Ann |title=Barbara Tizard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/13/barbara-tizard |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=13 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="obit SCR">{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Pauline |title=Barbra Tizard (Parker, 1944) |url=https://issuu.com/somervillecollege/docs/somerville-college-report-2015-onli/46 |access-date=18 June 2018 |work=Somerville College Report |date=14 October 2015 |page=46}}</ref><ref name="obit P">{{cite journal |last1=Brannen |first1=Julia |last2=Moss |first2=Peter |last3=Phoenix |first3=Ann |title=Barbara Tizard (1926–2015) |journal=The Psychologist |date=March 2015 |volume=28 |pages=172–181 |url=https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-28/march-2015/barbara-tizard-1926-2015 |access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
The then Barbara Parker met [Jack Tizard](/source/Jack_Tizard) while she was studying at the University of Oxford.<ref name="obit SCR" /> Unusually for the time, she was given permission to marry while still an undergraduate, and they did so in 1947.<ref name="obit SCR" /> Together they had five children.<ref name="WWW" /><ref name="obit SCR" /> Her husband predeceased her, dying in 1979.<ref name="WWW" />

==Honours==
In 1997, Tizard was elected a [Fellow of the British Academy](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy) (FBA), the United Kingdom's [national academy](/source/national_academy) for the humanities and social sciences.<ref name="FBA">{{cite web |title=Professor Barbara Tizard |url=https://britac.ac.uk/fellows/professor-barbara-tizard |website=British Academy |access-date=18 June 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was also an elected [Fellow of the British Psychological Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Psychological_Society) (FBPsS).<ref name="WWW" /><ref name="obit P" />

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