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| Name | Hales; Frank Noel (1878-1952); BA |
| Forenames | Frank Noel |
| Surname | Hales |
| Dates | 1878-1952 |
| Epithet | BA |
| Parallel Name | Frank Hales |
| Other Names | Frank Noel Hales |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Canadian citizenship |
| DatesAndPlaces | Born Salomes, Saumur Loire Valley, France, 25 December 1878, died Armstrong, British Colombia, Canada 14 October 1952
Sable, France 1878-1892
Germany [189-]
London [189-]
Cambridge 1897-1900
Surrey, U.K. c 1900- [190?7]
Montreal, Canada 1907
British Colombia, Canada 1952
Buried Armstrong Cemetery, Vernon, Canada 1952. |
| Address | Canada |
| Relationships | British Psychological Society
Father: Benjamin Hales (mill owner) born London, England (nd)
Mother: Mary Ann Sarah Hales (nee Reddington) born Lancashire, England (nd)
Two sisters in England, details unknown
Wife: Alice Hutton Hales (nee Sly) born Catford, England died Vancouver (1875-1969)
Father in Law: Alfred Sly, born England (nd)
Mother in Law: Martha Littlewood, born England (nd)
Son: Alfred Littlewood Reddington Hales (1910-1986)
Daughter: Jessie Monica Smith (Gorman) (nd)
Daughter: Margaret Davidson (nd)
David Michael Hales (nd) grandson
Stephen Frank Hales (nd) grandson |
| Activity | Founder member British Psychological Society 1901.
Frank Hales was educated in France, Germany and London. He matriculated to Cambridge and was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity College, then an exhibitor and finally a scholar. Hales graduated B.A. first class in the Moral Sciences Tripos.
In addition Frank Hales was awarded the Allen Scholarship.
At the 2nd scientific meeting of the [British] Psychological Society 3 May 1902 Hales read a paper on "A Contribution to the Analysis of the Process of Comparison". At the meeting of 6 December 1902 he read a paper on "The Fluctuation of the Dream Image"
Frank Hales published in the first volume of the British Journal of Psychology 205-39, 1904-1905 "Materials for the Psycho-Genetic Theory of Comparison"
Frank Hales migrated to Canada in 1906 and his resignation from the British Psychological Society was accepted in 1907.
In Montreal, Hales worked for the Grand Trunk Railroad as a ticket agent. Later he travelled west and bought 108 acres of land in Armstrong district. Hales then returned to Montreal where his fiancee Alice Hutton Sly joined him from Croydon. They married in August 1907 and returned to their home in Armstrong.
The Hales' named their farm "Trinity Ranch" after Hales' alma mater at Cambridge.
They engaged in mixed farming and Hales' scientific approach to farming culminated in his introduction of new crops to the district.
In 1920 Hales started cattle farming and supplied a number of bulls to the Federal Department of Agriculture. Hales was a charter member of the political reform group C.C.F. (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation). Hales continued farming in Armstrong until his death in 1952.
Notes:
Frank Hales was the youngest (aged 23) of the founding members of the British Psychological Society.
Frank Hales was Tutor to one of the Rothschild family on a tour of Europe
Examiners in Cambridge Tripos included James Ward (1843-1925), Carveth Read (1848-1931), and G.F.Stout (1860-1944)
A road in Armstrong, Canada is named after him (Hales Road).
Sources:
Information compiled from a pamphlet entitled "The British Psychological Society 1901-1961" supplement to the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society by Kenna, J.C. (1913-2004) Hon.Archivist BPS (BPS London) 1961.
Details of Hales' life in Canada taken from "Historic Spallumchen and its road names" by Elaine Brown, Nancy Lowry and Kathy Schultz, Armstrong-Enderby Publishing Co.Ltd 1986
The Society wishes to thank Darlene Jones, The Vernon & District Family History Society, for providing this information.
Please visit their website at http://www.vdfhs.com for further details.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| OtherInfo | Gifted Linguist and youngest (23) of the founding members of the British Psychological Society.
Tutor to one of the Rothschild family on a tour of Europe
Examiners in Cambridge Tripos included James Ward (1843-1925), Carveth Read (1848-1931), and G.F.Stout (1860-1944)
A road in Armstrong, Canada is named after him (Hales Road) |
| PublishedWorks | Hales published in the first volume of the British Journal of Psychology 205-39, 1904-1905 "Materials for the Psycho-Genetic Theory of Comparison" |
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| Source | Sources: Information compiled from a pamphlet entitled "The British Psychological Society 1901-1961" supplement to the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society by Kenna, J.C. (1913-2004) Hon.Archivist BPS (BPS London) 1961
Details of Hales' life in Canada taken from "Historic Spallumchen and its road names" by Elaine Brown, Nancy Lowry and Kathy Schultz, Armstrong-Enderby Publishing Co.Ltd 1986
The Society wishes to thank Darlene Jones, The Vernon & District Family History Society, for providing this information. Please contact their website at http://www.vdfhs.com for further details |
| 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 |