Gordon Pask

Gordon Pask
Born	28 June 1928 Derby
Died	29 March 1996 (aged 67) London
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of London Open University
Known for	Conversation theory Interactions of actors theory
Awards	Wiener Gold Medal (1984)
Scientific career
Fields	Cybernetics Psychology
Institutions	Brunel University University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concordia University Georgia Institute of Technology Architectural Association

Andrew Gordon Speedie Pask (28 June 1928 – 29 March 1996) was a British cybernetician, inventor and polymath who made during his lifetime multiple contributions to cybernetics, educational psychology, educational technology, epistemology, chemical computing, architecture, and the performing arts. During his life he gained three doctorate degrees. He was an avid writer, with more than two hundred and fifty publications which included a variety of journal articles, books, periodicals, patents, and technical reports (many of which can be found at the main Pask archive at the University of Vienna).^{[Footnote 1]} He also worked as an academic and researcher for a variety of educational settings, research institutes, and private stakeholders including but not limited to the University of Illinois, Concordia University, the Open University, Brunel University and the Architectural Association School of Architecture.^[1][2] He is known for the development of conversation theory.

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