Charles Myers
Charles Myers · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of British industrial psychology who coined 'shell shock'
1873, London, England — 1946, Winsford, Cheshire, England
England
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Charles Samuel Myers was a British psychologist who founded the National Institute of Industrial Psychology and helped establish experimental and applied psychology in Britain; in 1915 he authored the first medical paper using the term 'shell shock.' Born into a Jewish family in London, he was part of the Cambridge Torres Strait anthropological expedition and co-founded the British Journal of Psychology. His work shaped the study of trauma and the industrial and vocational applications of psychology.
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Founder of British industrial psychology who coined 'shell shock'
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