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Edward B. Titchener
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American psychologist (1867–1927)
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Edward B. Titchener was a British-born philosopher, psychologist, and university teacher who later became a United States citizen. Born in Chichester in 1867, he studied at Leipzig University and Clark University. His doctoral advisors were Wilhelm Wundt and Eilhard Wiedemann. Titchener taught at Cornell University and contributed to the creative work Popular Science. He wrote in English and was described by the Nordisk familjebok.
Titchener died in Ithaca in 1927. His notable works include Beginner's Psychology, Z, and Experimental Psychology. He had three works listed in the Open Library. Among his doctoral students were J. P. Guilford, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Edwin Boring.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Beginner's Psychology
- Z
- Experimental Psychology
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Bradford Titchener , 11 January 1867, Chichester , England
- Died
- 3 August 1927 (1927-08-03) (aged 60), Ithaca, New York , U.S.
- Education
- Brasenose College, Oxford ( MA , DSc ) University of Leipzig ( Dr. rer. nat. )
- Known for
- Structuralism empathy introspection
- Spouse
- Sophie Bedloe Kellogg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1894 )
- Awards
- Hon. DSc ( Harvard ) Hon. Litt.D. ( Clark ) Hon. LL.D. ( Wisconsin )
- Fields
- Psychology
- Institutions
- Cornell University
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Doctoral students
- Edwin Garrigues Boring Walter Bowers Pillsbury Margaret Floy Washburn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chichester
- Place of death
- Ithaca
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Eilhard Wiedemann
- Field of work
- psychology
- Image
- Edward Bradford Titchener.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1867-01-11
- date of death
- 1927-08-03
- Commons category
- Edward Titchener
- name in native language
- Edward Bradford Titchenerr
- writing language
- English language
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Bradford Titchener (11 January 1867 – 3 August 1927) was an English psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind: structuralism. After becoming a professor at Cornell University, he created the largest doctoral program at that time in the United States. His first graduate student, Margaret Floy Washburn, became the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology (1894).
Biography
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