Robert Hinde

Robert Aubrey Hinde
Born	October 26, 1923 (1923-10-26) Norwich, England
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Oxford
Notable awards	Royal Medal (1996)

Robert Aubrey Hinde CBE FRS FBA (born 26 October 1923 in Norwich, England) is the Emeritus Royal Society Research Professor of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. He was the Master of St. John's College, Cambridge from 1989 to 1994. He is the chair of British Pugwash. He studies "the application of biological and psychological data to understanding the bases of religion and ethics" and "eliminating the causes of war".

Hinde was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and at Balliol College, Oxford.

He is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association.

Bibliography

• .. "Can Nonhuman Primates Help Us Understand Human Behavior?". In Smuts, B.B., Cheney, D.L., Seyfarth, R.M., Wrangham, R.W., Struhsaker, T.T. (eds). Primate Societies. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. pp. 413–420.. ISBN 0-226-76715-9 
• Cooperation and prosocial behaviour (Ed. with Jo Groebel). Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-521-39110-5
• The institution of war (Ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. ISBN 0-312-06611-2
• Relationships: a dialectical perspective. Hove, East Sussex: Psychological Press, 1997. ISBN 0-86377-706-6
• Why gods persist: a scientific approach to religion. London: Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-415-20825-4
• Why good is good: the sources of morality. London: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-27752-3
• War, no more: eliminating conflict in the nuclear age (Ed. with Joseph Rotblat). London: Pluto Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7453-2192-5
• Van der Horst FCP; Van der Veer R; Van IJzendoorn MH (2007). "John Bowlby and ethology: An annotated interview with Robert Hinde". Attachment & Human Development 9 (4): 321–335. doi:10.1080/14616730601149809. ISSN 1469-2988. PMID 17852051. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a773405215. Retrieved 2007-11-30. #

External links

• Robert Hinde interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 7th and 20th November 2007 (film)
• Listen to an oral history interview with Robert Hinde - a life story interview recorded for An Oral History of British Science at the British Library

Academic offices
Preceded by Francis Harry Hinsley	Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1989–1994	Succeeded by Peter Goddard