Frances Ilg
type: Concept
broader: key people in human development
definition: Frances Lillian Ilg, MD, was born in Oak Park, Illinois. A pediatrician and professor at Yale, Ilg was a pioneering scholar in infant and child development and cofounder and first director (1950) of the Gesell Institute of Child Development (now the Gesell Institute of Human Development) and recipient of the Snow award for Distinguished Service to Humanity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Ilg, Frances (1902–1981)]

people
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type: ConceptGroup
member: Frances Ilg

key people in human development
type: Concept
narrower: Frances Ilg