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Amy E. Tanner | |
|---|---|
 Amy Tanner in 1896 | |
| Born | March 21, 1870 |
| Died | February 1, 1956 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Association of Ideas (1900) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Rowland Angell |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Wilson College, Clark University |
| Notable works | Studies in Spiritism |
Amy Eliza Tanner (March 21, 1870–February 1, 1956) was an American professor of psychology and philosophy.
Biography[edit]
Tanner was born March 21, 1870 in Owatonna, Minnesota.[1] Her parents were Rev. George Clinton Tanner D.D. and Emma Campbell Tanner. Her father was an educator and county superintendent of schools as well as an Episcopal priest.[2] He was the registrar/historian of the Diocese of Minnesota[3] and also wrote a genealogy of the Tanner family.[2]
In addition to Owatonna the family also lived in Faribault, Minnesota. She had four brothers and one sister. In 1884 her sister and brother-in-law were killed in Nebraska along with several others in an multiple murder that was never solved.[2][4]
Education[edit]
She earned an A.B. at the University of Michigan in 1893 where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.[5] During her undergraduate years she also taught high school in Hutchinson, Minnesota, St. Cloud, Minnesota as well as in Denver.[6]
She went on to become a graduate scholar and Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Chicago,[6] where she earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1898, magna cum laude.[7] Her doctoral advisor was psychologist (and future president of Yale University) James Rowland Angell.[8] Her thesis was on the association of ideas and was published in 1900.[9] Following her graduation from the University of Chicago, she worked as an associate at the university's philosophy department until 1902. She also lectured in psychology at the Lewis Institute, also in Chicago.[10]
Wilson College[edit]
In 1903 she became a professor of philosophy at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.[8]
Clark University[edit]
In 1907 Tanner became an "Honorary University Fellow" at Clark University, a position she held until 1916. While at Clark University, she investigated mediumship with the psychologist G. Stanley Hall. She wrote the book Studies in Spiritism (1910) which documented the tests she and Hall had carried out in the séance sittings held with the medium Leonora Piper. Hall and Tanner had proven by tests that the "personalities" of Piper were fictitious creations and not discarnate spirits.[11]
Later life[edit]
She left Clark (and academic work) in 1919, and remained in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was involved in child welfare locally including in the Worcester Public Education Association and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.[5] She was the director of the Worcester Girls Club for many years and represented the local Woman's Club on the Worcester Censorship Board. She purchased the Majestic Theater in Worcester in 1919 and operated it for a few years. She died February 1, 1956 and is buried in Hope Cemetery in Worcester.[12]
Publications[edit]
- "Reviewed Work: Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Volume XXVIII". American Journal of Psychology. 27 (2): 286. April 1916. doi:10.2307/1413187. JSTOR 1413187. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- Studies in Spiritism. New York/London: D. Appleton & Company. 1910. OCLC 504458472. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "Glimpses at the Mind of a Waitress". American Journal of Sociology. 13 (1). University of Chicago Press: 48–55. July 1907. doi:10.1086/211561. JSTOR 2762535. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "An Illustration of the Psychology of Belief". Psychological Bulletin. IV (2). Review Publishing Co.: 33-36 February 15, 1907. doi:10.1037/h0073712. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- The Child: His Thinking, Feeling, and Doing. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. 1904. OCLC 1160869. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "Introspection and Figurative English". The Elementary School Teacher. 4 (6). University of Chicago Press: 415–417. February 1904. JSTOR 993026. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- Association of Ideas: A Preliminary Study (Ph.D. thesis). University of Chicago. 1900. OCLC 13622284. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- "The Community of Ideas of Men and Women". Psychological Review. 3 (5): 548–550. September 1896. doi:10.1037/h0068394. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
References[edit]
- ^ Cattell, James McKeen; Cattell, Jaques; Ross, Edna Elizabeth (1941). Leaders in Education. Lancaster, PA: The Science Press. p. 989. OCLC 1515467.
- ^ a b c Tanner, George C. (1910). William Tanner, Sr. of South Kingstown, Rhode Island and His Descendants: In Four Parts. Faribault, Minnesota: G.C. Tanner. pp. 110–111. OCLC 36957368. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "George C. Tanner Papers". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Mapes, Betty (September 16, 2004). "1884 murders were never solved". Grand Island Independent. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ a b Leonard, John W. (1915). Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. New York: American Commonwealth Co. p. 801. OCLC 874146. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ^ a b University of Chicago Annual Register - July 1898 - July 1899. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1899. p. 25. OCLC 2068936. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Carroll 2011.
- ^ a b Young 2010.
- ^ Tanner 1900.
- ^ Fourth Annual Register of the Lewis Institute of Arts and Sciences. Chicago. 1900. p. 12. OCLC 50502512. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
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- ^ "Dr. Amy Tanner's Funeral Saturday". Worcester Telegram. February 3, 1956.
Bibliography[edit]
- Carroll, Robert Todd (2011). "Amy Tanner (1870–1956)". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- Diehl, Lesley A. (1991). "Theodate Smith and Amy Tanner: Child Savers of Clark University". Journal of Genetic Psychology. 152 (3): 273–287. doi:10.1080/00221325.1991.9914685. PMID 1797978.
- Pettit, Michael (2008). "The New Woman as "tied-up dog": Amy E. Tanner's Situated Knowledges". History of Psychology. 11 (3): 145–163. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.11.3.145. PMID 19048974.
- Young, J. L. (2010). "Profile of Amy Tanner". In A. Rutherford (Ed.) Psychology's Feminist Voices. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
External Links[edit]
- "Dr. G. Stanley Hall Collection". Archives and Special Collections. Clark University. Retrieved June 12, 2016. - Hall's correspondence with Tanner and research she did on the history of Clark are held here.