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==Biography==
==Biography==
Hearnshaw attended [[King's College School]], [[Christ Church Oxford]], and [[King's College London]]. He served as the first director of the [[industrial psychology]] division of the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in [[New Zealand]] from 1942 to 1947, and he taught at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in that country from 1937 to 1947. He returned to [[England]] in 1947 to become professor of psychology at [[Liverpool University]], a position he held until his retirement in 1975.<ref name="details">{{Cite web |title=Details |url=http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110323652 |website=State Library of New South Wales |access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>
Hearnshaw attended [[King's College School]], [[Christ Church Oxford]], and [[King's College London]]. He served as the first director of the [[industrial psychology]] division of the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in [[New Zealand]] from 1942 to 1947, and he taught at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in that country from 1937 to 1947. He returned to [[England]] in 1947 to become professor of psychology at [[Liverpool University]], a position he held until his retirement in 1975.<ref name="details">{{Cite web |title=Details |url=http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110323652 |website=State Library of New South Wales |access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> He served as president of the [[British Psychological Society]] from 1955 to 1956.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bromley |first=Dennis |date=September 1991 |title=Emeritus Professor Leslie Spencer Hearnshaw, 1907-1991 |url=https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/www.bps.org.uk/files/History%20of%20Psychology/Obituary%20-%20Leslie%20S%20Hearnshaw.pdf |journal=The Psychologist}}</ref>


==Cyril Burt==
==Cyril Burt==
Hearnshaw delivered a eulogy in memory of British psychologist [[Cyril Burt]] on 10 October 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hearnshaw, Professor L. S.; Professor F. J. C. Hearnshaw |url=http://sca-arch.liv.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=full&recid=gb141unistaffh-d431%2526d336 |website=University of Liverpool |access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> He was the author of a 1979 biography of [[Cyril Burt]] that had been approved in advance by Burt's sister. It was also based on many of Burt's private papers, which has led to it being considered to be his definitive and authoritative biography.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=David |date=1995-09-16 |title=Double take on a fake |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14719953-800-double-take-on-a-fake/ |magazine=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hawkes |first=N. |date=1979-08-17 |title=Tracing Burt's Descent to Scientific Fraud |url=https://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.205.4407.673 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=205 |issue=4407 |pages=673–675 |doi=10.1126/science.205.4407.673 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref> Before he started to write the biography, Hearnshaw's opinion of Burt was very favorable, as evidenced by Hearnshaw's respectful tone in his eulogy. However, while doing research for the book, he became convinced of the accusations of [[scientific fraud]] previously leveled against Burt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lerner |first=Richard M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jB9NzDV4hUC&pg=PA276 |title=Concepts and Theories of Human Development |date=2001-08-01 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-135-68189-0 |pages=276 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gruber |first=Howard E. |date=1979-12-16 |title=A Dr. Strangelove of the Mind |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/16/archives/a-dr-strangelove-of-the-mind.html |access-date=2020-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The biography has been credited with convincing the [[British Psychological Society]] to officially accept that Burt had committed fraud.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoHfZApDrAgC&pg=PA211 |title=Born that Way: Genes, Behavior, Personality |date=1999 |publisher=Psychology Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-415-92494-8 |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref>
Hearnshaw delivered a eulogy in memory of British psychologist [[Cyril Burt]] on 10 October 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hearnshaw, Professor L. S.; Professor F. J. C. Hearnshaw |url=http://sca-arch.liv.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=full&recid=gb141unistaffh-d431%2526d336 |website=University of Liverpool |access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> He was the author of a 1979 biography of [[Cyril Burt]] that had been approved in advance by Burt's sister. It was also based on many of Burt's private papers, which has led to it being considered to be his definitive and authoritative biography.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=David |date=1995-09-16 |title=Double take on a fake |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14719953-800-double-take-on-a-fake/ |magazine=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hawkes |first=N. |date=1979-08-17 |title=Tracing Burt's Descent to Scientific Fraud |url=https://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.205.4407.673 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=205 |issue=4407 |pages=673–675 |doi=10.1126/science.205.4407.673 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref> Before he started to write the biography, Hearnshaw's opinion of Burt was very favorable, as evidenced by Hearnshaw's respectful tone in his eulogy. However, while doing research for the book, he became convinced of the accusations of [[scientific fraud]] previously leveled against Burt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lerner |first=Richard M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jB9NzDV4hUC&pg=PA276 |title=Concepts and Theories of Human Development |date=2001-08-01 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-135-68189-0 |pages=276 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gruber |first=Howard E. |date=1979-12-16 |title=A Dr. Strangelove of the Mind |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/16/archives/a-dr-strangelove-of-the-mind.html |access-date=2020-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The biography has been credited with convincing the British Psychological Society to officially accept that Burt had committed fraud.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoHfZApDrAgC&pg=PA211 |title=Born that Way: Genes, Behavior, Personality |date=1999 |publisher=Psychology Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-415-92494-8 |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 20:18, 23 May 2020

Leslie Spencer Hearnshaw (1907 – 1991) was a British psychologist and historian of psychology.

Biography

Hearnshaw attended King's College School, Christ Church Oxford, and King's College London. He served as the first director of the industrial psychology division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Zealand from 1942 to 1947, and he taught at Victoria University of Wellington in that country from 1937 to 1947. He returned to England in 1947 to become professor of psychology at Liverpool University, a position he held until his retirement in 1975.[1] He served as president of the British Psychological Society from 1955 to 1956.[2]

Cyril Burt

Hearnshaw delivered a eulogy in memory of British psychologist Cyril Burt on 10 October 1971.[3] He was the author of a 1979 biography of Cyril Burt that had been approved in advance by Burt's sister. It was also based on many of Burt's private papers, which has led to it being considered to be his definitive and authoritative biography.[4][5] Before he started to write the biography, Hearnshaw's opinion of Burt was very favorable, as evidenced by Hearnshaw's respectful tone in his eulogy. However, while doing research for the book, he became convinced of the accusations of scientific fraud previously leveled against Burt.[6][7] The biography has been credited with convincing the British Psychological Society to officially accept that Burt had committed fraud.[8]

Personal life

Hearnshaw was the son of history professor F. J. C. Hearnshaw. He married Gwenneth Dickens in 1937. He died in 1991 and Dickens died in 1993.[1] He was survived by his son, John Hearnshaw, a professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Details". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ Bromley, Dennis (September 1991). "Emeritus Professor Leslie Spencer Hearnshaw, 1907-1991" (PDF). The Psychologist.
  3. ^ "Hearnshaw, Professor L. S.; Professor F. J. C. Hearnshaw". University of Liverpool. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ Cohen, David (16 September 1995). "Double take on a fake". New Scientist.
  5. ^ Hawkes, N. (17 August 1979). "Tracing Burt's Descent to Scientific Fraud". Science. 205 (4407): 673–675. doi:10.1126/science.205.4407.673. ISSN 0036-8075.
  6. ^ Lerner, Richard M. (1 August 2001). Concepts and Theories of Human Development. Psychology Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-135-68189-0.
  7. ^ Gruber, Howard E. (16 December 1979). "A Dr. Strangelove of the Mind". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ^ Wright, William (1999). Born that Way: Genes, Behavior, Personality. Psychology Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-415-92494-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ Hearnshaw, John (3 April 2017). "DSIR's Industrial Psychology Division 1942–1954". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47 (2): 199–204. doi:10.1080/03036758.2017.1291439. ISSN 0303-6758.
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