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I think that I am strongest in linguistic and musical intelligence, and I continue to work on my interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence.

Howard Gardner

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Howard Gardner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 11
Psychologist
University Teacher
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Howard Earl Gardner
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I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.
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