Famous psychologists

Christine Ladd-Franklin was a pioneering American woman psychologist and mathematician. Though she completed a dissertation at John Hopkins University, the school would not grant women doctorate degrees at that time. Among her accomplishments, she was known for developing her own theory of color vision. Christine Ladd-Franklin’s Early Life Christine Ladd was born in Connecticut on …

Some of the most famous psychologists in history made important contributions to understanding the human mind and behavior. Some of these thinkers were also philosophers, educators, and therapists. While some became lightning rods for controversy, all of these thinkers impacted the field of psychology. These famous psychologists made important contributions to understanding how people think, …