PSYCHOLOGIST

Edward B. Titchener

1867 - 1927

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward B. Titchener is the 78th most popular psychologist (up from 80th in 2019), the 1,000th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 851st in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Psychologist.

Edward B. Titchener is most famous for his work in psychology and the study of consciousness. Titchener created the term "structuralism" to describe his theory that the mind is made up of a series of elements that are organized in a hierarchy.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Edward B. Titchener ranks 78 out of 235. Before him are Otto Rank, Ernst Kretschmer, Mary Ainsworth, Geert Hofstede, Wilfred Bion, and Stanislav Grof. After him are Alexander Bain, David Wechsler, George Armitage Miller, Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, and Hugo Münsterberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Edward B. Titchener ranks 38. Before him are Hector Guimard, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Alexander Parvus, Irving Fisher, Sakichi Toyoda, and Joseph Maria Olbrich. After him are Eugen Sandow, Antti Aarne, Martin Kutta, Charles Fabry, Hans Driesch, and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1927, Edward B. Titchener ranks 22. Before him are Paul Sérusier, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Michael Ancher, Yusef of Morocco, Armand Guillaumin, and Giuseppe Moscati. After him are Wilhelm Johannsen, Enrique Simonet, Li Dazhao, Reginald Dyer, Max Hoffmann, and Adolph Joffe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward B. Titchener ranks 1,000 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Palin (1943), Harry Kane (1993), William Bradford (1590), Henry Bessemer (1813), Thomas Chippendale (1718), and Julie Walters (1950). After him are Julia Gillard (1961), Jony Ive (1967), Richard Wilson (1936), James Meade (1907), Robert Hichens (1882), and James Thomson (1700).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Edward B. Titchener ranks 4. Before him are John Bowlby (1907), Donald Winnicott (1896), and Raymond Cattell (1905). After him are Alexander Bain (1818), R. D. Laing (1927), Charles Spearman (1863), Havelock Ellis (1859), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918).

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