Roger Newland Shepard, born January 30, 1929, in Palo Alto, California, is a distinguished cognitive scientist and author of the universal law of generalization (1987). Known as a pioneer in spatial relations research, he earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale in 1955 under Carl Hovland and completed postdoctoral training with George A. Miller at Harvard. He has taught at Harvard and Stanford and received the National Medal of Science in 1995, as well as the Rumelhart Prize in 2000. He is a faculty member at Stanford University.
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Meaning of the name - Roger
fame, renowned
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Roger Newland Shepard belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Palo Alto
Place of Death: Tucson
Educated At: Yale University | Harvard University
Occupation: non-fiction writer | academic | university teacher | psychologist
Employers: Stanford University
Awards Received: honorary doctor of Rutgers University | CSS Fellow | honorary doctor of Harvard University | Howard Crosby Warren Medal | APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology | William James Fellow Award | Wilbur Cross Medal | Rumelhart Prize | Guggenheim Fellowship | National Medal of Science
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 30, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for January 30, 2026 |
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| Sun | 10 Aquarius 28 | 10 Aquarius 56 | 16 Taurus 45 |
| Moon | 20 Libra 43 | 13 Cancer 11 | 27 Aries 24 |
| Mercury | 24 Aquarius 9 | 17 Aquarius 25 | 6 Gemini 24 |
| Venus | 27 Pisces 5 | 16 Aquarius 43 | 21 Aries 56 |
| Mars | 21 Gemini 3 | 5 Aquarius 49 | 27 Cancer 10 |
| Jupiter | 2 Taurus 31 | 17 Cancer 30 | 21 Taurus 35 |
| Saturn | 27 Sagittarius 13 | 28 Pisces 26 | 0 Capricorn 14 |
| Uranus | 4 Aries 27 | 27 Taurus 28 | 9 Aries 31 |
| Neptune | 0 Virgo 32 | 0 Aries 6 | 28 Leo 36 |
| Pluto | 16 Cancer 50 | 3 Aquarius 39 | 16 Cancer 30 |
| Rahu | 26 Taurus 41 | 10 Pisces 35 | 21 Taurus 33 |
| Ketu | 26 Scorpio 41 | 10 Virgo 35 | 21 Scorpio 33 |
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