G. Stanley Hall

Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1846– April 24, 1924) was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Lewis Terman.

Biography

Teacher

Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Hall attended Williston Seminary and graduated from Williams College in 1867, then studied at the Union Theological Seminary. Inspired by Wilhelm Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology, Hall pursued doctoral studies at Harvard University where he met William James, a fellow student. In 1878, he earned the first psychology doctorate awarded in America. After Hall graduated with his doctorate, there were no academic jobs available in psychology, so he went to Europe to study at the University of Berlin, and spent a brief time in Wundt's Leipzig laboratory in 1879.

Stanley Hall (politician)

Stanley Leroy Hall (August 14, 1888 – August 21, 1962) was a Canadian politician, who represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative member.

Provincial Office

Hall was elected in the general election in 1943 and re-elected in the general elections in 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955 and 1959. He served as a backbench member of the George A. Drew, Thomas Laird Kennedy, Leslie Frost and John Robarts majority Progressive Conservative governments and, during each term in office, he served on an average of seven Standing Committees. He died, in office, in 1962. His election marked the beginning of a Progressive Conservative hold on the riding (now known as Burlington that continued to 2014.

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Stanley Hall (disambiguation)

G. Stanley Hall was a psychologist and educator.

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