HALL, GRANVILLE STANLEY American psychologist and educationalist, was born at Ashfield, Mass., on Feb. 1, 1844, of Puritan ancestry. He graduated from Williams college in 1867, studied in Germany two years, and graduated from Union Theological seminary in After holding the chair of psychology at Antioch college, 1872-76, he studied under William James at Harvard and took the degree of Ph.D. in 1878. He then pursued for two years further studies at Berlin, Bonn, Heidelberg and Leipzig, working with Wundt, Helmholtz and other noted investigators. From 1881 to 1888 Hall was professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins university, where his laboratory was the first of its kind in the country, and attracted many able students, among them John Dewey, Joseph Jastrow and J. McKeen Cattell. In 1889 Hall was installed first president and made professor of psychology of the newly formed Clark uni versity, Worcester, Mass., which, under his personal leadership, was devoted, during its first two decades, chiefly to educational research. Because of his varied and interesting investigations, he attained prominence in the educational field, and for thirty years was an important contributor to educational literature. He be came widely known as an exponent of the culture-epoch theory, a doctrine set forth in his most influential work, Adolescence (1904). Although his methods at times lacked in scientific pre cision, his contributions to the progress of psychology and edu cation in his time were substantial and stimulating. In 1887 he founded the American Journal of Psychology, which he edited until 1921. For long periods he edited also several other scientific and educational journals. He resigned the presidency of Clark university in 192o, but continued active literary work until his death, April 24, 1924.
Hall's numerous published works include: The Contents of Children's Minds on Entering School (1894), Youth-Its Education, Regimen and Hygiene (1907) , Educational Problems (19i I) , Founders of Modern Psychology (1912), Jesus the Christ, in the Light of Psychology 09I7), Morale: The Supreme Standard of Life and Conduct (192o) , Recrea tions of a Psychologist (192o), Senescence (1922), and Life and Con fessions of a Psychologist (1923).