Michael Argyle (psychologist)

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Michael Argyle
Born	(1925-08-11)August 11, 1925 Nottingham
Died	September 6, 2002(2002-09-06) (aged 77)
Spouse	Sonia Kemp
Children	4
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Social Psychology
Institutions	University of Oxford

Michael Argyle (11 August 1925, Nottingham – 6 September 2002) was one of the best known English social psychologists of the twentieth century. He spent most of his career at the University of Oxford, and worked on numerous topics. Throughout his career, he showed strong preferences for experimental methods in social psychology, having little time for alternative approaches such as discourse analysis.