John Money

John William Money (8 July 1921 – 7 July 2006) was a psychologist, sexologist and author, specializing in research into sexual identity and biology of gender. Money was one of the first scientists to study the psychology of sexual confusion and how the societal constructs of “gender” affect an individual. His work has been both celebrated for its innovation and criticized, particularly in regard to his involvement with the sex-reassignment of David Reimer and his eventual suicide. Money published around 2,000 articles, books, chapters and reviews. His writing has been translated into many languages. Money has received around 65 world-wide honors, awards, degrees but also heavy criticism.

Biography

Born in Morrinsville, New Zealand, to a family of British and Welsh descent, Money initially studied psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a double master's degree in psychology and education in 1944. Money was a junior member of the psychology faculty at the University of Otago in Dunedin, but in 1947, at the age of 26, he emigrated to the United States to study at the Psychiatric Institute of the University of Pittsburgh. He left Pittsburgh and earned his PhD from Harvard University in 1952. He was married briefly in the 1950s but had no children.

John Money (aeronaut)

John Money (1752–1817) was an aeronaut and general in the British Army.

Money began his military career in the Norfolk militia, but on entering the army in 1762 became Cornet in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. He was promoted to Captain in the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot in 1770 and to Major in 1781. He went on half-pay in 1784, and never rejoined the active list, but was made lieutenant colonel by brevet in 1790. In a similar fashion, he was promoted to colonel in 1795, major general in 1798, lieutenant general in 1805, and full general in 1814. Money saw a good deal of active service. He was present at the battle of Fellinghausen in 1761 and in various skirmishes with Elliot's light dragoons. He served in Canada in 1777 in General Burgoyne's disastrous descent on Albany from the north, and was present at several engagements. He was taken prisoner in September, and does not appear to have been released till the end of the war.

Money was one of the earliest English aeronauts, making two ascents in 1785, that is, within two years of Montgolfier's first aerial voyage. On 22 July in that year he made an ascent from Norwich ; an "improper current" took him out to sea, and then, dipping into the water, he "remained for seven hours struggling with his fate," till rescued in a small boat. In A Treatise on the Use of Balloons and Field Observators (1803) he advocated the use of balloons for military purposes.