Margaret Keiver Smith Explained

Margaret Keiver Smith
Birth Date:1856
Birth Place:Amherst, Nova Scotia
Death Date:1934
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of Zurich
Occupation:Psychologist, researcher

Margaret Keiver Smith (1856–1934) was an American psychologist and psychological and educational researcher.

Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1856, Smith was educated first in Oswego, New York, gaining her diploma in 1883.

She attended the University of Jena, University of Thuringen and Göttingen University, in Germany, and was awarded her PhD by the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, in 1900. From there she returned to the U.S. and became an instructor at the State Normal School of New Paltz, New York, from 1901, rising to professor, and director of geography and psychology.

She died in 1934.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. (misspelling of Margaret Keiver Smith's middle name in book's early editions)