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Frederic Bartlett

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Also known as Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett, Frederic Charles Bartlett

British psychologist and academic (1886–1969)

Key facts

Born
( 1886-10-20 ) 20 October 1886, Stow-on-the-Wold , England
Died
30 September 1969 (1969-09-30) (aged 82), Cambridge , England
Known for
Memory schema , Transmission chain method
Awards
Royal Medal (1952) , Fellow of the Royal Society
Fields
Psychology
Institutions
St John's College, Cambridge

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Frederick
Family name
Bartlett
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Stow-on-the-Wold
Place of death
Cambridge
Occupation
psychologist
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
James Ward
Field of work
psychology
Image
Frederic Bartlett in 1948.jpg
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date of birth
1886-10-20
date of death
1969-09-30
name in native language
Fredrick Charles Bartlett
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett FRS (20 October 1886 – 30 September 1969) was a British psychologist and the first professor of experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge. He was one of the forerunners of cognitive psychology as well as cultural psychology. Bartlett considered most of his own work on cognitive psychology to be a study in social psychology, but he was also interested in anthropology, moral science, philosophy, and sociology. Bartlett proudly referred to himself as "a Cambridge psychologist" because while he was at the University of Cambridge, settling for one type of psychology was not an option.

Biography

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