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Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890 - 1973)

Psychologist

Born: 10 August 1890 Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Died: 5 July 1973 Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia.

Ethel Turner Stoneman was director of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia from its inception in 1926 until it was disbanded in 1930. She was later in private practice in Melbourne. Her major concern was with the diagnosis of mental deficiency, which eugenists then considered to be a major social problem.

Career Highlights

Alternative Names: Stoneman, Effie

Chronology
1916 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Western Australia
1916 - 1918 Studied intelligence testing and abnormal psychology at Stanford University in California, USA
1919 - 1923 Lecturer at the Teachers' Training College, Claremont
1924 Research in Britain and Europe
1926 - 1930 Director of the of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia
1933 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Edinburgh
1934 Consulting Psychologist in Perth
1935 - ? Consulting Psychologist in Melbourne

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 7 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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