Lewis Terman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lewis Terman

American educational psychologist and academic

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1877

Place of Birth: Johnson County, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1956

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist and author.
He was noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
He is best known for his revision of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius.
He was a prominent eugenicist and was a member of the Human Betterment Foundation.
He also served as president of the American Psychological Association.
A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Terman as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with G.
Stanley Hall.