1893-1988
American biochemist, physician, and clinical and experimental psychologist who developed an integrated theory of personality.

Henry Alexander Murray, Jr. developed "personology," the integrated study of the individual from physiological, psychoanalytical, and social viewpoints. His background in medicine, biology, Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis, and clinical and experimental psychology, as well as his work in anthropology, sociology, and

literature, enabled him to develop an interdisciplinary approach to psychology. His concepts of motivation, particularly the need to achieve, had a...