Hall, G. Stanley (1844-1924), an American educator and psychologist, became an authority on the study of children. Hall was the first educator to apply results of child psychology experiments to teaching.
In 1889, Hall became the first president of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. There he stimulated research in psychology. His writings include The Contents of Children’s Minds on Entering School (1894), The Story of a Sand Pile (1897), Adolescence (1904), Youth (1907), and Educational Problems (1911). He also founded and edited the American Journal of Psychology.
Granville Stanley Hall was born on Feb. 1, 1844, in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Williams College and then studied abroad. He was professor of psychology at Antioch College from 1872 to 1876. He lectured on psychology at Harvard University and Williams for a year. Hall was a professor at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1888. In 1892, he became the first president of the American Psychological Association. Hall died on April 24, 1924.
