David Joseph Weeks

{{Short description|American neuropsychologist (born 1944)}}

David Joseph Weeks (born 1944) is an American neuropsychologist,{{cite magazine |last=Van Bakel |first=Rogier |url=https://www.wired.com/1996/02/walk-the-walk/ |title=Walk the Walk |magazine=Wired |date=February 1, 1996 |access-date=October 7, 2022}} educator and author best known for his study of eccentricity.

Born and raised in Garwood, New Jersey, he graduated from Arthur L. Johnson High School in 1962.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-valerie-vandemark-recei/25493369/ "Rain Drives Class, Parents into School"], Courier News, June 21, 1962. Accessed February 15, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "A drizzling rain drove the largest graduating class in the 6-year history of the Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School into the boys' gymnasium last night.... Garwood... David Weeks" Weeks moved to Scotland in 1975.Japenga, Ann via Los Angeles Times. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-psychologist-david-week/140995216/ "Psychologist says eccentrics may be happier, healthier"], Courier News, September 29, 1987. Accessed February 15, 2024,via Newspapers.com. "Weeks, originally from Garwood, N.J., moved to Scotland in 1975." He practices at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.{{cite news |last=Japenga |first=Ann |date=June 8, 1987 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-08-vw-381-story.html |title=Eccentrics May Have Found Key to Happiness, Psychologist Says |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 7, 2022}} Weeks is the author of two popular books on the study of eccentrism, Eccentrics: The Scientific Investigation (1988) and Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness (1995).{{cite news |last=Weeks |first=Linton |date=October 24, 1995 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/10/24/nuts-about-oddballs/0d09728b-f47a-48a9-b31e-80a1e16f8141/ |title=Nuts about Oddballs |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 7, 2022}}