was the chair of the Psychology Section of the British Academy. Recognition Baron-Cohen was awarded the 1990 Spearman Medal from the BPS, the McAndless Award from the American Psychological Association, the 1993 May Davidson Award for Clinical Psychology from the BPS, and the 2006 presidents' Award from the BPS. He was awarded the Kanner-Asperger Medal in 2013 by the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Autismus-Spektrum as a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to autism research. He was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to people with autism. Personal life He married Bridget Lindley, a family rights lawyer whom he had met at Oxford, in 1987. She died of breast cancer in 2016. They had three children. He is a cousin of Sacha Baron Cohen. Selected publications Single-authored books (published in the US as The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Human Cruelty, ) (published in the US as ) Other books Selected journal articles See also Childhood Autism Spectrum Test Sally–Anne test Spectrum 10K References External links Profile – Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge "They just can't help it", Simon Baron-Cohen, The Guardian (17 April 2003) "The Male Condition", Simon Baron-Cohen, The New York Times Op-Ed Section (8 August 2005) "The Assortative Mating Theory: A Talk with Simon Baron-Cohen", Edge Foundation discussion, 2005 "The Short Life of a Diagnosis", Simon Baron-Cohen The New York Times Op-Ed Section (9 November 2009) "Why a lack of empathy is the root of all evil", Clint Witchalls, The Independent (5 April 2011) The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty, Simon Baron-Cohen (The Montréal Review, October 2011) 1958 births Living people English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent English people of German-Jewish descent Academic journal editors Alumni of King's College London Alumni of New College, Oxford Autism activists Autism researchers British cognitive scientists Human sex difference researchers Developmental psychologists English psychologists Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Simon English Jewish writers Jewish activists Jewish scientists Knights Bachelor NIHR Senior Investigators