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Brian Little was born on May 1, 1941 in Victoria, BC, Canada. His parents, Richard and Ada Little, were Irish and English immigrants, respectively. Though having only grade school education themselves, they were bright and talented and were passionate believers in the power of higher education. Brian and his older sister Margaret were the first generation of their family to attend college. Brian attended school in Oak Bay, a suburb of Victoria, graduating from Oak Bay High School in 1959. Music and singing in public from a very early age were vital aspects of his childhood. Contrary to some biographies of psychologists, especially clinical psychologists, Little’s early years were happy, carefree, and fun-filled with a supportive family who encouraged him to be audacious (his father’s influence) and caring (his mother’s influence). Lindsay Kines (2003) Lambert (2003), a journalist, has written an evocative and prize-winning article entitled “The...

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Little, B.R. (2017). Little, Brian R.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2208-1

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