Albert Lefevre | |
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Born | October 4, 1873 |
Died | December 18, 1928 |
Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin Cornell University |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Albert Lefevre (1873–1928) was an American psychologist.
Lefevre was born on October 4, 1873, in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. [1] He studied at Johns Hopkins University, [1] before transferring to Cornell University, where he received a PhD in Psychology in 1898. [2] He completed his studies by spending two years in Berlin, Germany, from 1898 to 1900. [1]
Lefevre taught psychology at Cornell University from 1900 to 1903. [1] [2] He then taught psychology at Tulane University from 1903 to 1905. [1] [2] He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1905, where he taught until his death in 1928. [1] [3]
He served as the third president of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 1910. [1] [4] He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. [2] He was the associate editor of The Philosophical Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. [2]
He was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of South Carolina in 1905. [1]
Lefevre was operated for appendicitis in November 1928. [5] He died on December 18, 1928, in Charlottesville, Virginia. [2] [3] His 1928 portrait is stored in the Special Collection at the University of Virginia Library. [6]
Albert Lefevre | |
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Born | October 4, 1873 |
Died | December 18, 1928 |
Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin Cornell University |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Albert Lefevre (1873–1928) was an American psychologist.
Lefevre was born on October 4, 1873, in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. [1] He studied at Johns Hopkins University, [1] before transferring to Cornell University, where he received a PhD in Psychology in 1898. [2] He completed his studies by spending two years in Berlin, Germany, from 1898 to 1900. [1]
Lefevre taught psychology at Cornell University from 1900 to 1903. [1] [2] He then taught psychology at Tulane University from 1903 to 1905. [1] [2] He joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1905, where he taught until his death in 1928. [1] [3]
He served as the third president of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 1910. [1] [4] He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. [2] He was the associate editor of The Philosophical Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. [2]
He was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of South Carolina in 1905. [1]
Lefevre was operated for appendicitis in November 1928. [5] He died on December 18, 1928, in Charlottesville, Virginia. [2] [3] His 1928 portrait is stored in the Special Collection at the University of Virginia Library. [6]