Raymond cattell

Raymond Cattell Timeline Biography

  • Born in Hilltop, England

  • Entered the feild of psychology

  • Awarded a scholarship to study chemistry at University of London

  • Obtained his chemistry degree

  • Graduated with Ph.D in Psychology

  • Invited to the U.S. by E.L. Thorndike in New York

  • Became a professor of psychology at Clark university

  • Invited to join the Harvard faculty

  • Invited to University of Illinois

  • Wrote Description and Measurment of Personality

  • Cattell and his wife founded IPAT

  • Founded the society of Mulitivariate Experimental Psychology

  • Retired from the University of Illinois

  • Moved to Hawaii

  • Recieved the Educational Testing Service Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement

  • Received the Dobzhansky Memorial Award of the Behavior Genetics Association

  • Received the Honorary doctorates from the Hawaii School of Professional Psychology

  • Received the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology

  • Received the Lewis M. Terman and Maude A. Merrill Award, Riverside Publishing Company

  • Offered a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Institution

  • Received the Lifetime Contribution Award, Division 5 of the American Psychological Association

  • Died at age 92