| Code | BPS/GB/105 |
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| Name | Davidson; May (1914-1982); CBE, FBPsS |
| Forenames | May |
| Surname | Davidson |
| Dates | 1914-1982 |
| Epithet | CBE, FBPsS |
| Other Names | Davidson |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | South African |
| DatesAndPlaces | Born South Africa 1914. Died ?Oxford UK 1982
Cape Town ?1924-1938
London 1938-1946
Oxford 1938-1982 |
| Address | Oxford |
| Relationships | May Davidson was unmarried. |
| Activity | Ms Davidson graduated from the University of Cape Town in chemistry, psychology and education before coming to Britain in 1938 to take up a research fellowship in psychology at University College London. During the IInd World War she was an experimental officer in the Operational Research Unit of the Admiralty. In 1946 she was appointed psychologist by the City of Oxford Education Committee, after the NHS was introduced May migrated from educational to clinical psychology, remaining in the Oxford area until her retirement in 1980. May was the first official adviser to the Department of Health and Social Security on professional matters relating to psychology.May was a member of several committees, including the Standing Mental Health Advisory Committee, its sub-committee on the Training of Staff for Work with Mentally Handicapped (the Scott Committee) and the Trethowan Committee on the Role of Psychologists in the Health Service.
May Davidson was made CBE in 1980 (HM Government)
May Davidson was awarded an Honorary MA by the University of Oxford in 1969
May Davidson was President of the British Psychological Society 1976-1977
May Davidson became a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1951
May Davidson was Chair of the following British Psychological Society bodies:
Division of Clinical Psychology 1969-1971
Board of Examiners for the Diploma in Clinical Psychology 1971-1972
Professional Affairs Board (first chair) 1974 & 1981
Sources: Abridged version of May Davidson's Obituary written by Derek Blackman and published in the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, Vol.35 pp 175-176 (April 1982).
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| OtherInfo | May was made CBE in 1980
May was awarded an Honorary MA by the University of Oxford in 1969
May was President of the British Psychological Society 1976-1977
May became a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1951
May was Chair of the following BPS bodies:
Division of Clinical Psychology 1969-1971
Board of Examiners for the Diploma in Clinical Psychology 1971-1972
Professional Affairs Board (first chair) 1974 & 1980-1981 |
| Related Name | BPS/GB/79 |
| Source | Abridged version of May Davidson's Obituary written by Derek Blackman and published in the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, Vol.35 pp 175-176 (April 1982). |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |
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