(1844-1924)
American Psychologist, Philosopher, Educationist.
Influences
- Student of: James
- Influenced by:
- Students: Goddard, Terman, J. M. Cattell
- Influenced:
- Time Period: The Great Schools’ Influence
Education
- Williams College, BA,1867, MA,1870.
- Studied at Union Theological Seminary, 1867-8
- Harvard University, PhD 1878
Career
- Antioch College, taught literature and philosophy
- Harvard University, taught English 1876-7, PhD, 1878.
- Special lecturer and granted a thousand dollars to open a psychological laboratory, Johns Hopkins University 1882.
- Professor of Psychology and Pedagogics, Johns Hopkins University, 1883-8
- First president and professor of Psychology, Clark University, 1889-1919
- Founded Child Study Association of America, 1888
- First president, American Psychological Association, 1889
Major Contributions
- Although Hall had little direct personal impact on the study of intelligence, he strongly influenced a generation of American psychologists.
Publications
- The Content of Children’s Minds, (1883)
- The Study of Children, (1883)
- Adolescence, Its Psychology and its Relation to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education, (1904).
- Youth: Its Education, Regimen and Hygiene (1906)
- Educational Problems (2 vols, 1911)
- Founders of Modern Psychology (1912)
References: 3, 10
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