Katharine Cook Briggs

Katharine Cook Briggs
Briggs in the early 20th century
Born
Katharine Cook

(1875-01-03)January 3, 1875[1]
DiedJuly 10, 1968(1968-07-10) (aged 93)
NationalityAmerican
Known forMyers–Briggs Type Indicator
SpouseLyman James Briggs
Children2, including Isabel
Parent(s)Albert John Cook
Mary Harris Baldwin

Katharine Cook Briggs (January 3, 1875 – July 10, 1968) was an American writer who was the co-creator, with her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, of an inventory of a widely popular personality type system known as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).[2]

  1. ^ Katharine E. Cook Briggs Papers – UA.10.3.68, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan.
  2. ^ "MBTI® history and tributes to Isabel Briggs Myers and Mary McCaulley". becomewhoyouare.net. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2014.