(1844-1924)
American Psychologist, Philosopher, Educationist.

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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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