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G. Stanley Hall
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American psychologist and educator (1844–1924)
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G. Stanley Hall was an American psychologist, philosopher, university teacher, and writer. Born in Ashfield in 1844, he died in Worcester in 1924. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Harvard University, Williams College, the University of Bonn, and Johns Hopkins University. His doctoral advisor was William James, and he was influenced by Wilhelm Wundt. Hall served as a student mentor to Lewis Terman.
Hall was employed by Johns Hopkins University, Clark University, and Antioch College. He was a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Antiquarian Society. His religious worldview was atheism, and he wrote in English. Among his works are *Art museums and schools*, *Perception of space*, *Alleged conditions in Kongo Free State*, *Marriage and fecundity of college men and women*, and *A general introduction to psychoanalysis*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1844
- Died
- 1924
- Works
- 86
Top works
- Art museums and schools
- Perception of space
- Alleged conditions in Kongo Free State
- Marriage and fecundity of college men and women
- A general introduction to psychoanalysis
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF TOTAL LIPIDES FROM ANIMAL TISSUES
· 1957 · cited 53,660x
- BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features
· 2010 · cited 27,563x
- SMOTE: Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique
· 2002 · cited 26,535x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,972x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,770x
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Quotes
- “Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.”
- “War has given applied psychology a tremendous impulse. This will, on the whole, do good, for psychology, which is the largest and last of the sciences, must not try to be too pure.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Granville Stanley Hall , ( 1844-02-01 ) February 1, 1844, Ashfield, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- April 24, 1924 (1924-04-24) (aged 80), Worcester, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Williams College Harvard University University of Berlin
- Fields
- Psychology
- Institutions
- Antioch College Johns Hopkins University Clark University
- Doctoral advisor
- William James
- Doctoral students
- William Lowe Bryan , Frederic Lister Burk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Family name
- Hall
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ashfield
- Place of death
- Worcester
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employer
- Antioch College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- William James
- Doctoral student
- Edmund Sanford
- Image
- G. Stanley Hall.jpg
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- Commons category
- Granville Stanley Hall
- date of birth
- 1844-00-00
- date of death
- 1924-01-01
- influenced by
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Commons gallery
- G. Stanley Hall
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- student
- Lewis Terman
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1844 – April 24, 1924) was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard University in the nineteenth century. His interests focused on human life span development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University. A 2002 survey by Review of General Psychology ranked Hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Lewis Terman.
Biography
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