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Edward C. Tolman
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American psychologist (1886–1959)
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Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist born on 14 April 1886. He was educated at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studied under doctoral advisor Edwin Holt, and was influenced by Kurt Zadek Lewin. He was employed by the University of California, Berkeley, where his own doctoral student was Robert Tryon.
Tolman was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychological Association, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His sibling was Richard Chace Tolman. He died on 19 November 1959 in Berkeley.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Sibling
- Richard Chace Tolman
- Occupation
- psychologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Edwin Holt
- Image
- Tolman, E.C. portrait.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1886-04-14
- date of death
- 1959-11-19
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- Edward Chace Tolman
- influenced by
- Kurt Zadek Lewin
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