Titchener, Edward Bradford (tĭch`ənər), 1867–1927, American psychologist, b. Chichester, England, grad. Oxford, 1890. He studied in Leipzig (Ph.D. 1892) under Wundt (whose Principles of Physiological Psychology he translated), and in 1892 he became head of the new psychological laboratory at Cornell, where he was research professor from 1910. His works include Experimental Psychology (2 vol., 1901–5), Lectures on the Elementary Psychology of Feeling and Attention (1908), and Systematic Psychology (1929).

Titchener, Edward Bradford

(born Jan. 11, 1867, Chichester, Sussex, Eng.—died Aug. 3, 1927, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.) British-U.S. psychologist. Trained in Leipzig under Wilhelm Wundt, he later taught at Cornell University (1892–1927). He helped establish experimental psychology in the U.S., and he also became the foremost proponent of structural psychology, a field concerned with the components and arrangement of mental states and processes. His principal work is Experimental Psychology (1901–05).

Titchener, Edward Bradford (1867–1927) psychologist; born in Chichester, England. Before coming to the United States in 1892, he studied at Oxford (England) and Leipzig (Germany), where he was influenced by Wilhelm Wundt. He taught at Cornell University (1892–1927) and became the nation's leading exponent of experimental psychology, founding the Society of Experimental Psychologists in 1904. His major works include the four-volume Experimental Psychology (1901–05) and The Psychology of Feeling and Attention (1908).