| Summary: | Collection of research papers belonging to Professor L.S. Hearnshaw. This collection includes correspondence between Professor Hearnshaw and Burt's friends, colleagues and students, regarding his professional work and personality. Scrapbooks regarding the Burt scandal and notes created by Hearnshaw, in research for his biography, are also included. |
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| Date: | 1909-1987 |
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| Reference Number: | D336 |
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| Arrangement: | The original order of the papers has been preserved as far as possible, with the contents of each folder organised by Hearnshaw kept together. Loosely arranged into 4 sections |
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| Bibliography: | [Book] Fletcher, R.Science, Ideology, and the Media: The Burt Scandal1991. |
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| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Professor Leslie S. Hearnshaw, M.A., F.B.Ps.S (1907-1991) was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool, the Chair of Psychology 1947-75 and a noted historian of British Psychology. Throughout his time at Liverpool he sought to establish courses in applied psychology. On October 10th 1971, Hearnshaw delivered a Memorial Service in honour of Sir Cyril Burt in St. Mary's Church, Primrose Hill. He also produced a memoir of Sir Cyril Burt for the British Academy, which was published in October 1972. During this time Hearnshaw was approached by Dr. Marion Burt, Cyril Burt's sister, to write a biography of her brother. Hearnshaw wrote and researched the biography, Cyril Burt: Psychologist, after his retirement in 1975 and it was then published in 1979. [Information based on an obituary by D.B. Bromely, The University of Liverpool Recorder, No. 107, February 1992] |
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