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Antony Taylor 1926-2021

Emeritus Professor Tony Taylor, possibly the most colourful character on the New Zealand psychology playing field, died on July 23.

To give this a bit of context, let me tell you that I teach psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, where he was Emeritus. I started studying psychology at Victoria in the same year Tony retired from teaching psychology. I was born in the

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