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| Name |
Carl Campbell Brigham |
| Title |
Doctor |
| Birth |
4 May 1890 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
U.S. Army, WWI  |
He was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps, psychological service Oct. to Dec 1917 at Camp Dix. He was then assigned to Surgeon General's office in Washington DC with the group of psychologists revising army examinations. Jan to Mar 1918 he was at Camps Meade, Lee and Gordon, for psychological experiments. in Apr he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the Tank Corps, but did not go across to France.
Analyzing data from the Army tests he came to the conclusion that the white race was of superior intelligence. He wrote about this in his book; A Study of American Intelligence, Princeton University Press, 1923. Though he later retracted his views on the intellectual superiority and specifically disowned the book. |
| Occupation |
He was Professor of Psychology in Princeton, New Jersey. |
 Siblings |
4 siblings |
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| 3. Robert Barnard Brigham, b. 1 Dec 1894, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 Dec 1936, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan |
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| 4. Donald Brigham, b. 25 Sep 1906, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1906, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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| Person ID |
I5912 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2018 |
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