Edward L. Thorndike
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Education, Psychology, Psychiatry
- Subcategories: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Teaching, Teachers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Often referred to as the “Father of Modern Educational Psychology,” Thorndike incorporated measurement into education and psychology, as well as developing testing of animals and studies of learning in humans.
Early Life
Edward Lee Thorndike was born August 31, 1874, in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Thorndike was the second son and the second of four children of Edward Roberts Thorndike and Abigail Brewster (Ladd) Thorndike. His father had first practiced law and later became a Methodist clergyman. Reared in a clergyman’s home,...
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