J. Philippe Rushton has argued that the effect should be called the " Lynn-Flynn effect ", after Richard Lynn, " because it was actually the Lynn ( 1982 ) article in Nature that first identified the trend in recent times ( amongst the Japanese ).

Owing to his controversial research that has sparked political debates, including Ontario's premier David Peterson calling Rushton a racist, in 2005 The Ottawa Citizen described Rushton as the most famous university professor in Canada.

Rushton has been one of the proponents for the explanation that racial differences in IQ are partially related to genetic inheritance.

Others, such as the criminologist Shaun L. Gabbidon, think that Rushton has developed one of the more controversial biosocial theories related to race and crime ; he says that it has been criticized for failing to explain all of the data and for its potential to support racist ideologies.

The criminologist Anthony Walsh has defended Rushton, arguing that none of Rushton's critics has supplied data indicating anything other than the racial gradient he identifies, and that it is unscientific to dismiss Rushton's ideas on the basis of their political implications.

Since 2002, Rushton has been the president of the Pioneer Fund.

No permanent replacement has been found for Rushton ; instead his seat has been filled by a series of guests.

Fleeing from his mother ( Mercedes Ruehl ), who thinks he is a strange man who has kidnapped her son, Josh then finds his best friend, Billy Kopecki ( Jared Rushton ), at the school they both attend ; Billy is shocked at first, but Josh convinces him of his identity by singing a secret song that only the two of them know.

Sessions has taken the role of narrating the popular Asterix stories for audio book, since the death of Willie Rushton.

SUNY Canton's currently has four halls — Heritage, Mohawk, Rushton, Smith.

Rushton, the current head, has spoken at conferences of the American Renaissance ( AR ) magazine, in which he has also published articles.

Rushton has quoted that he took the role after thinking that the script was " appealing " and he thought his character had progressed throughout the film with his personality.

In preservation, a platform box ( from Rushton ) has been installed NSR style on the down platform where it is currently used as an office.

Just as at Tresham's smaller folly Rushton Triangular Lodge, his principal estate, the New Bield has a religious design full of symbolism.

William Rushton replied to Andrew Fuller's statement by writing, " This is the marrow of what has been called Neonomianism ; which doctrine, as to substance, is taught in the writings of Mr. Baxter, of the Arminians, and of the most learned of the Roman Catholics ... All the efficacy unto justification which Mr. Fuller allows to the obedience and death of Christ is, that the Redeemer merited this great blessing for us, on the conditions of our believing the gospel ; or, in other words, that the blood of Christ hath merited salvation for us, on milder terms than those required by the law of works ...

Sell has also accompanied Barry Cryer and Willie Rushton in their stage show " Two Old Farts in the Night ".

Rushton had made the show his own and, even after his death, he still has no replacement voice-actor for a possible new series.

Bill Hunter has written several books, including Forgotten Hero: The Life and Times of Edward Rushton about the blind Liverpool-born anti-slavery campaigner, and the two part autobiography Lifelong Apprenticeship: The Life and Times of a Revolutionary.

Leading members of the League have included Dagenham-based John Harrison, millionaire Robin Rushton, Mike Griffin, and Roger Clare, who has also been active in South Africa and New Zealand.

Rushton and Barry Fantoni ( another Private Eye contributor ) entered a painting Nude Reclining, a satirical portrait of three establishment types, for the 1963 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition under the name of ' Stuart Harris ' which excited much controversy.

In 1999, Rushton used some of his grant money from the Pioneer fund to send out tens of thousands of copies of an abridged version of his book Race, Evolution and Behavior to social scientists in anthropology, psychology, and sociology, causing a controversy.

Rushton was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries and released.

Jean Philippe Rushton ( born December 3, 1943 ) is a Canadian psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario who is most widely known for his work on racial group differences, such as research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and the application of r / K selection theory to humans in his book Race, Evolution and Behavior ( 1995 ).

Judith Anderson said his work was based on statistically flawed evidence, John Archer and others said that Rushton failed to understand and misapplied the theory of kin selection, Judith Economos said he was speculative and failed to define the concept of altruistic behavior in a way that it can become manifest and failed to show any plausible mechanism by which members of a species can detect the " altruism gene " in other members of the species, and Steven Gangestad criticized the theory for not being compelling in terms of its attractiveness as an explanatory model, C. R.

Rushton and Bons ( 2005 ) examined personality, attitude, and demographic characteristics for similarity among different groups of people.

Graves also says that Rushton misrepresented the sources for the biological data he gathered in support of his hypothesis, and that much of his social science data was collected by dubious means.

A number of later studies by Rushton and other researchers have argued that there are empirical support for the theory.

" For his failing to tell students they had the option not to participate in his studies without incurring additional work, the university barred Rushton for two years from using students as research subjects.

Because he did not clear his survey and proposed to pay for answers with the university committee at UWO, the administration reprimanded Rushton, calling his transgression " a serious breach of scholarly procedure ," said University President, George Pederson.

Psychologist J. Philippe Rushton accused Stephen J. Gould of " scholarly malfeasance " for misrepresenting and for ignoring contemporary scientific research pertinent to the subject of his book, and for attacking dead hypotheses and methods of research.

Rushton further criticized the book for the absence of the results of five studies of twins reared corroborating the findings of Cyril Burt — the contemporary average was 0. 75 compared to the average of 0. 77 reported by Burt.

Rushton notes that historians for centuries believed that poison was indeed the most likely explanation behind " an otherwise unexplained death ".

Looking around for qualifications, Rushton took up a post as a solicitor's clerk, doodling caricatures and cartoons on files and case notes.

From June 1960 until March 1961 he contributed a weekly strip, “ Brimstone Belcher ”, following the exploits of the titular journo ( a fore-runner of Private Eye ’ s Lunchtime O ’ Booze ), from bizarre skulduggery in the British colonies ( where the squaddies holding back the politicised rabble bear a strong resemblance to privates Rushton and Ingrams ), travelogues through the USA, and the hazards of by-electioneering as the independent candidate for the constituency of Gumboot North.

Rushton recalled meeting the Kray Twins in the audience one night and that fellow performer Barbara Windsor " wouldn't come out for a drink that night ".

Rushton ’ s impersonation of the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan caught the attention of Ned Sherrin, a young BBC producer searching for talent to appear in a forthcoming TV satire series.

Rushton became known for his impersonation of the Prime Minister, a daring novelty in those respectful days.

But then I had voted for him, so he owed me something .” Rushton also appeared on the original flexi-discs of skits, squibs and invective that “ Private Eye ” gave away, having success with two self-penned songs: “ Neasden ” (“ you won ’ t be sorry that you breezed in.

Rushton did his own host duties for New Stars and Garters, a variety entertainment show in 1965, where he first met Arlene Dorgan.

The family moved to Canada, where Rushton spent most of his teen years.

William George Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in the family home at Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, London ( which 24 years later was to also be the editorial birthplace of Private Eye ).

So while his contemporaries went off to Oxford ( or, in Booker's case, Cambridge ), Rushton had to do his two years of National Service in the army.

Jackson and Rushton found males aged 17 – 18 years had average of 3. 63 IQ points in excess of their female equivalents.

The government brewery was sold 2 years later to Thomas Rushton who was its head brewer.

This caused Rushton to leave the band stating " I didn't pick up a guitar to leave it hanging on a wall gathering dust for two years ".