| Level | Fonds |
| Ref No | SPEAR/1 |
| Title | Spearman, Charles Edward (1863-1945) papers |
| Date | 1906-1942 |
| Extent | 11-Record boxes |
| Description | The fonds consists of a wide variety of documentation including notes, correspondence and other material relating to Professor Charles Edward Spearman's career and academic life.
Series available as follows:
SPEAR/1/1 Correspondence and Notes
SPEAR/1/2 Reference books of individuals
SPEAR/1/3 Chicago Experiment
For further biographical information please see Professor C E Spearman's obituary notice of the Royal Society from 1947 Vol.5 pt 15 pp 372-385 |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| Wellcome Ref: PSY/SPE |
| RelatedRecord | PHO/001/05/04/10 |
| AccessConditions | Authorised Users. View by Appointment |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 16: Wellcome Library |
| Term | Intelligence |
| Intelligence tests |
| AdminHistory | Charles Edward Spearman (1863-1945) Ph.D (Leipzig) After 15 years of military service as an army officer in India, Spearman resigned his commission to study experimental psychology at Leipzig under Wilhelm Wundt. Spearman's name is almost synonymous with the term 'general intelligence' (otherwise known as psychometric 'g'). While still a mature student (Spearman was 48 when he received his Ph.D.) he published his famous two-factor theory of intelligence.
One of the great achievements of psychology evolved from Spearman's efforts to operationalize his theory the statistical procedure we now know as 'factor analysis' . |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following standard
ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Mike Maskill BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| BPS/GB/46 | Spearman; Charles Edward (1863-1945); Professor; FRS, HonFBPsS | 1863-1945 |
| BPS/GB/46 | Spearman; Charles Edward (1863-1945); Professor; FRS, HonFBPsS | 1863-1945 |
| BPS/GB/239 | UK; The National Institute of Industrial Psychology; 1921-1976; NIIP | 1921-1976 |