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| Name | Shand; Alexander Faulkner (1858-1936); FBA, HonFBPsS |
| Forenames | Alexander Faulkner |
| Surname | Shand |
| Dates | 1858-1936 |
| Epithet | FBA, HonFBPsS |
| Other Names | Alexander Faulkner Shand |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Born 20 May 1858 London, died London 6 January 1936
London 1858-?1870
Eton ?1870-?1876
Cambridge ?1877-1881
London 1881-1936 |
| Address | 1 Edwardes Place, Kensington, where he lived till his death. |
| Relationships | British Psychological Society
Only child of Hugh Shand and Edrica Faulkner
Married Augusta Mary Coates
They had one child Philip Morton Shand (d 1960)
Shand is the Great Grand Father (paternal) of Camilla Parker-Bowles (b 1947) nee Shand ( b 1947) |
| Activity | Founder member British Psychological Society 1901.
Alexander Shand was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he graduated in the Moral Sciences tripos in 1881.
He became a Barrister at Law, Lincoln's Inn, in 1887, but he never practised nor held any academic post.
A.F.Shand was the first Secretary and Treasurer of the British Psychological Society.
In 1907 he was appointed to the British Association sub-committee on psychology.
He addressed the British Psychological Society on several occasions, e.g., in the symposium (1922 on "The Relations of Complex and sentiment").
In the early days of the British Psychological Society he often acted as host at dinners which accompanied the meetings.
Shand was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1929 and an Honorary Member of the British Psychological Society in 1934.
Sources: 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.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| OtherInfo | Introduced his definition of "sentiment" in one of his articles in Mind. |
| PublishedWorks | Shand published in Mind on the theory of knowledge and metaphysics and in 1894-1897 on psychological topics, especially on the psychology of feeling and will. In 1914 he published "Foundations of Character", Macmillan (London), 1914 which had a second edition in 1920 and a third in 1937. Prior to his death he was working on its second volume, but his manuscript was too incomplete for publication. |
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| See also obituary British Journal of Psychology April 1936 pages 323-324 https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1936.tb00801.x |
| Source | Sources: 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 |
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