Edward B. Titchener Scientist

Edward Bradford Titchener D.Sc., PhD, LL.D., Litt.D. (/ˈtiːtʃənər/; 11 January 1867 – 3 August 1927) was a British 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. He created the largest doctoral program in the United States (at the time) after becoming a professor at Cornell University, and his first graduate student, Margaret Floy Washburn, became the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology (1894).

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Edward B. Titchener
Birth dateJanuary 11, 1867
Birth nameEdward Bradford Titchener
Birth place
Chichester
Nationality
United Kingdom
Citizenship
England
Date of deathAugust 03, 1927
Place of death
Ithaca New York
Known for
Empathy
Introspection
Structuralism (psychology)

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