On 2013-11-26, at 1:58 PM, michael sylvester wrote: > Were any of the pilgrims expert in psychogical science?
Not so far as I know, but several prominent late-19th-century psychologists were direct descendants of very early English immigrant to North America: G. Stanley Hall's parents could both trace their ancestry to the arrival of The Mayflower in 1620. His mother was a descendant of John Alden, who is traditionally claimed to have been the first Mayflower passenger to set foot on Plymouth Rock. Alden was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, the original governing document of the Plymouth Colony. Stanley’s father was descended from the Mayflower preacher and early Plymouth Colony leader, Elder William Brewster. George T. Ladd and Christine Ladd-Franklin (distant cousins) were descendants of Brewster as well. James R. Angell and Frank Angell (1st cousins) were both descended from Thomas Angell (arr. about 1630, after whom a street is named in Providence, RI). Hall spoke of Jonathan Edwards as the earliest American psychologist in his (now lost) first APA presidential address in 1892. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=31186 or send a blank email to leave-31186-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
