Edwin Boring | |
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 Boring in 1961 | |
| Born | Edwin Garrigues Boring 23 October 1886 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 1, 1968 (aged 81) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Experimental psychology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward B. Titchener |
Edwin Garrigues (Garry) Boring (October 23, 1886 – July 1, 1968) was an American experimental psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Clark University and at Harvard University, who later became one of the first historians of psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Boring as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Dewey, Amos Tversky, and Wilhelm Wundt.[1]
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