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Founding Members of the Society

   

On 24 October 1901 a group of 10 people met at University College, London to form a psychological society, which became the British Psychological Society in 1906:

Armstrong-Jones, Robert (1859-1943), CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCS physician

Bryant, Sophie (1850-1922), DSc, DLitt headmistress

Gibson Boyce, William Ralph, MA, DSc.(1869-1935) lecturer

Hales, Frank Noel, BA (1878-1952) scholar

McDougall, William, MA, DSc., MD, FRS (1871-1938) experimental psychologist

Mott, Frederick Walter, KBE, MD, FRCP, LLD, FRS (1853-1926) pathologist

Rivers, William Halse Rivers, MA, MD, FRS (1864-1922) lecturer ODNB

Shand, Alexander Faulkner, MA. (1858-1936) barrister

Smith, William George, MA. PhD (1866-1972) lecturer

Sully, James (1842-1923), MA Professor

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