May 25, James McKeen Cattell: Today in the History of Psychology (25th May 1860)

James McKeen Cattell was born. A dominant figure in the founding days of modern psychology, Cattell studied under Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig before returning to the United States to take up the post of lecturer in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College. Cattell was instrumental in disseminating research within scientific psychology, most notably through his editorship of Psychological Review, which he founded with James Mark Baldwin in 1894; a landmark journal which continues to this day to make important theoretical contributions to many areas of psychology under the stewardship of the American Psychological Association. See following link to learn all about the history of psychology.History of Psychology
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