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Born: September 26, 1865; Died: October 8, 1957.
George Malcolm Stratton was among the last major American psychologists to have a primarily philosophic education and background. Son of a Gold Rush pioneer, he matriculated at the University of California (BA 1888) and after obtaining the M.A. at Yale in 1890 returned to California as a fellow in philosophy with the idealistic philosopher George Howison. With Howison’s support, Stratton left for 2 years’ study in Europe where he obtained another M.A. and the Ph.D. under Wundt, Wilhelm at Leipzig in 1896. He then returned to California, and except for a 4-year period between 1904 and 1908 when he was at Johns Hopkins, he spent the rest of his career there, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1928, and retired in 1935, remaining active as an emeritus faculty member until shortly before his death.
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Tolman, E. C., a longtime colleague, said that Stratton’s...
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Devonis, D.C. (2012). Stratton, G. M.. In: Rieber, R.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0463-8_119
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