| Code | BPS/GB/36 |
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| Name | Semeonoff; Boris (1910-1998); Professor; Dr |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Boris |
| Surname | Semeonoff |
| Dates | 1910-1998 |
| Epithet | Dr |
| Other Names | Boris Semeonoff |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | St Petersburg 1910 to 19?
Edinburgh 19? to 1998 |
| Address | Edinburgh |
| Relationships | Wife, Catherine (nd) married 1949
Two sons and two daughters (no names) |
| Activity | Born in St Petersburg, Boris Semeonoff was brought up in Edinburgh and attended George Watson's School before going to the University of Edinburgh where he studied English Language and Literature.
Boris Semeonoff joined the staff of the Department of Psychology in 1933 under its Chairman, Professor James Drever (primus). His career was interrupted when war broke out and he went to work for the War Office Selection Board where he was involved in selecting spies to infiltrate occupied Europe. He returned to the Department of Psychology for the academic year 1946/47 where James Drever (secundus) was now in command.
Later, when in 1966 Professor Drever left to become Principal of Dundee University, Boris Semeonoff became acting head of the Department until David Vowles was appointed in 1968.
Professor Boris Semeonoff was President of the British Psychological Society for the year 1968/69. He was for many years editor of the British Journal of Psychology and served as President of the Psychology Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1949 Boris Semeonoff published his Record Collecting: A Guide for Beginners.
The papers of Boris Semeonoff are held at Edinburgh University Library: Reference Number(s) GB 237 Coll-225
Sources: John Beloff obituary at <http://www.cpa.ed.ac.uk/bulletinarchive/1998-1999/02/obituaries.html>, 2002 University of Edinburgh, 22 November 2005
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT:
Selected Readings. 1966. PAPERBACK.
Penguin 1966
Semeonoff, Boris (ed)
DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE TESTS
Tavistock Publications London 1958
PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Hoboken, USA, 1976
RECORD COLLECTING: A GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS
Chislehurst: 1949 |
| Source | Sources: John Beloff obituary at <http://www.cpa.ed.ac.uk/bulletinarchive/1998-1999/02/obituaries.html>, 2002 University of Edinburgh, 22 November 2005 |
| 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 |
Show related catalogue records.
Catalogue
| RefNo | Title | Dates |
| AUD/001/43 | Boris Semeonoff interview | March 1998 |
| AUD | BPS Oral History Collections | 1955 - 2017 |
| BPS/004/1/12 | Murphy, John Storrar (1917-2010) - (Memoirs of) War Office Selection Boards 1942-1946 | 2005-2008 |
| PHO/001/04/08/18 | Mary Collins and Boris Semenoff 1950 | 1950 |
| Sum/001 | Summerfield, Sir Arthur (1923-2005) papers | 1957-1959 |
| SEM/001/01 | Semeonoff, Boris (1910-1998) Reminiscences & BPS Publications Committee | 1953-1997 |
| AUD/001 | J.C.Kenna Audio Archive | 1955 -1999 |
| BPS | British Psychological Society records | 1891-2003 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02/01 | BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1974-1977 | 1974-1977 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02 | BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1974-1992 | 1974-1992 |
| KENNA/1/3 | Correspondence (I) | 1940-1984 |
| GRA/001/01/03 | Correspondence | 1957-1977 |
| BPS/001/7/01/02/02 | BPS Treasurers' Correspondence 1961-1966 | 1961-1966 |
| PHO/001/02/470 | Semeonoff, Boris - Photograph | 20th Century |