Researching Martin Seligman
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 22 people with the Seligman surname? In that year Seligman was ranked number 3557 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Seligman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Seligman and the Seligman Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Seligman Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Seligman family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 93 people with the Seligman surname in the UK? Seligman is now ranked number 3954 for popularity in the UK. |
Seligman Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman
Martin Elias Peter Seligman ( born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology. He was previously the Director of the Clinical Training Program in the department, and earlier taught at Cornell University. He is the director of the university's Positive Psychology Center. Seligman was elected President of the American Psychological Association for 1998. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Prevention and Treatment (the APA electronic journal) and is on the board of advisers of Parents magazine.
Seligman has written about positive psychology topics in books such as The Optimistic Child, Child's Play, Learned Optimism, Authentic Happiness and Flourish. His most recent book, The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism, was published in 2018.
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