| Description | The papers of Vernon, Philip Ewart (1905-1987), Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society (Hon.FBPsS),
BPS President in 1954-1955, BPS Hon. Curator of Test Collection 1951-1954, Editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology 1956 and first chairman of the BPS Standing Committee on Test Standards (1959-1961).
The file contains 2- light blue books of a manual written by P E Vernon while he was Psychological adviser to the Admiralty and War Department and contains:
'Notes on Statistical Methods in Common use in Vocational and Educational Research', Dec. 1945,
1-copy printed document of a reprint from 'Psychological Bulletin' Vol.51, No.2 , entitled 'Test of Significance for a Series of Statistical Tests' Sakoda, Cohen and Beall, 1954
1- handwritten piece of correspondence from Dr. Straker to Sandy Lovie (British Psychological Society (BPS) Hon.Archivist) dated 20.11. 1986
See persons file for biography.
Obituary by L.S.Hearnshaw published in The Psychologist (October 1987). |
| AdminHistory | Philip E. Vernon (1905-1987) Educational Psychologist
Education: St. John's College, Cambridge University, M.A., Ph.D., Psychology (1927)
Career:
St. John's College, Cambridge University, Research and Teaching Fellow (1931)
London County Council, Psychologist
University of Glasgow, Psychology Departent Head (1938)
Institute of Education, University of London, Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology
President, Psychology Division, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1952)
President, British Psychological Society (1954)
University of Calgary, Professor of Educational Psychology (1968-1975)
Major Contribution
Hierarchical group factor theory of the structure of intellectual abilities |
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