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Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble was born, 2 March 1868 in Cincinnati Ohio and was the Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Wellesley College when she died on 30 August 1933. In 1932/3 she was elected President of the Wellesley Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.[1] She was the most prominent early researcher on the sense of smell.[2]
After obtaining her bachelors degree in 1889 from Wellesley College she want on to achieve her doctorate in 1898 at Cornell University. She began her teaching career at Western College for Womenin Oxford, Ohio in Greek and Philosophy before moving on to the Normal School of Plattsburg in New York. In 1898 she was appointed as an Instructor in Psychology at Wellesley College where she went on to become Associate Professor in 1903 and Director of the Psychological Laboratory in 1908 before becoming Professor of Psychology in 1910.[1]
Memberships[edit]
Eleanor Gamble was a member of several organisations[1]
- American Psychological Association
- American Philosophical Association
- Ninth International Congress of Psychology
- Sigma Xi
- Phi Beta Kappa
Work[edit]
Much of Eleanor Gamble's work was concerned with memory and the olfactory senses. She edited two volumes of the Wellesley College Studies in Psychology (1909 and 1916) and was in the process of editing a third volume when she died. Her Outline Studies in the Essentials of Psychology were published in August 1933. This work was an attempt to integrate the existential work of Titchener and the self-psychology of Mary Whiton Calkins. She also worked collaboratively on Warren's Dictionary of Psychology and Cognate Sciences which was published in 1933.[1]
Personal Struggles[edit]
Eleanor Gamble suffered with amblyopia in her left eye from birth and in later life glaucoma in her right eye. Her vision became increasingly poor despite a number of surgical interventions. [1]
Memorials[edit]
The Gamble Window at Wellesley College was dedicated to Eleanor Gamble on the 17th June 1939 and was gifted to the college by her classmates of 1889. The window features an image of St Francis with the inscription 'Wisdom, expressive of the great teacher'.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Ruckmick, Christian A. (Jan., 1934). "Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble: 1868-1933". The American Journal of Psychology. 46 (1): pp. 154-156. Retrieved 13/5/2014 (subsricption required).
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ American Psychological Association. "APA Historical Database on March 2". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 13/5/2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Trustees of Wellesley College. "Stained Glass Windows of Wellesley College". Work at Wellesley. Wellesley Collge. Retrieved 13/5/2013.
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