Mildred & Victor Goertzel (1914-1999)

Victor Goertzel was an American psychologist, author, and activist who stood up for Japanese internees in the United States during World War II. He wrote the book Cradles of Eminence in 1962 with his wife Mildred about the childhoods of accomplished people. Ted Goertzel is their son. He was a civil libertarian.

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Pablo Picasso resisted school stubbornly and seemed completely unable to learn to read or write. To other students grew used to seeing him come late with his pet pigeon -- and with the paintbrush he always carried as if it were an extension of his own body.