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Martin Elias Peter Seligman – an American psychologist, the founder of Positive Psychology. He is a leading authority in the fields of positive psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism, and pessimism. His publications include The Optimistic Child, Child’s Play, Learned Optimism, Authentic Happiness, and Flourish. His reflective biography, The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism, was published in 2018. Martin Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the director of the university’s Positive Psychology Center. He has seven children, four grandchildren, and two dogs. He and his wife, Mandy, live in a house that was once occupied by Eugene Ormandy. They have home-schooled five of their seven children. He is an avid bridge player and has won over fifty regional championships.