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Gardner was born on July 11, 1943 in Scranton Pennsylvania. His parents fled from Nazi Germany with Howards older brother Erik, who died before Howard was born. He went to Harvard University to study history until he became interested in cognitive development physcology after he was tutored by Erik Erikson. He developed his theory in 1983 then began teaching at Harvard after he graduated. He is still living (70 years old) and married to Ellen Winner. He has four sons and one grandchild.