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Library Journal Review

By surveying histories, psychology encyclopedias, introductory textbooks, and the awards lists of psychological associations, the editors‘two British professors of psychology and an Irish journalist‘have compiled the biographical details of 500 persons who made important contributions to modern psychology from the mid-19th century to the early 1990s. Signed entries, written by an international team of contributors, vary in length from a paragraph to several pages for prominent individuals. Though the editors attempted worldwide representation, the majority of individuals profiled are European or North American. Each entry gives name, date and place of birth and death, nationality, main area of interest in psychology, education, appointments, honors and awards, principal publications, further reading (sources of critical, appreciative, or analytical accounts of the person's main work), intellectual development, and main ideas, including an assessment of influence. The volume concludes with four indexes: by name, interests (using the American Psychological Association categories), institution, and key terms and concepts. Unfortunately, the choice to emphasize academic and professional work excludes individuals who have distinguished themselves in popular and applied psychology. Still, this well-organized work is much more up-to-date than comparable resources, and the entries are well written, hitting all the salient points. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.‘Lucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L., Cal. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

The history of psychology is best told by focusing on the people who have made lasting contributions to the field. For this notable book, the authors culled thousands of possible names from the bibliographies of histories of psychology, textbooks, and reference works. These were then subjected to peer review and citation analysis to find the 500 most prominent men and women in the field. The time span covered is 1794 to the present. Each entry includes birthplace, nationality, interests, education, appointments and awards, principal publications, and brief signed biographies that emphasize intellectual development rather than personal history. There are four indexes: interests, institutions, key terms, and, most interestingly, names, the latter allowing users to trace patterns of influence. A few mistakes and some inclusion quibbles (Niels Bohr, a psychologist?) do not mar the overall excellent quality. The recent notables and the emphasis on contributions rather than personalities make this a good choice for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. N. J. Bird; Teikyo Post University

Booklist Review

Here is a valuable tool, listing more than 500 individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of psychology. The list of entries was carefully selected by a team of more than 20 experts, making this a representative sample of the most influential people in the field. The scope is worldwide and includes contemporary psychologists as well as historical figures. In addition to the famous and familiar, coverage includes such names as Alexander Bain, a nineteenth-century Scot credited with writing the first systematic psychological text; Eustace Christopher Poulton, a pioneer in the field of ergonomics; and Magdalen Dorothea Vernon, whose writings on perception were required reading for mid-century psychology students. Each entry is written by a subject specialist. Some entries were prepared by the editors; in these cases, no names appear at the ends of entries, as they do for those entries provided by expert contributors. Length ranges from one-half page to slightly over two pages. Each entry follows the same format, including general biographical information and pertinent details about the subject's work in the field of psychology. Two especially valuable components of each entry are a list of each subject's principal publications and suggestions for further reading. The further readings are primarily academic and university press publications and articles from specialized journals. In addition to an index of names, this work also includes an index of interests in which key names are listed with each area of interest; an index of institutions, identifying the individual(s) associated with each institution; and an index of key terms, identifying the individuals associated with each key term. Although it has the one small disadvantage of not containing illustrations of any of the subjects, this is a valuable tool for providing biographical information on renowned individuals in the discipline of psychology throughout the world. Recommended for public and academic libraries.

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Noel Sheehy has been Professor of Psychology at Queen's University, Belfast since 1992. He is editor of Current Psychology and with Tony Chapman co-edits the International Library of Critical Writings in Psychology. Tony Chapman has been Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds since 1983. His 150 or so major works include 15 books; and he has edited 3 book series and the British Journal of Psychology. Wendy Conroy is a freelance editor.