Edwin Boring
Edwin Garrigues Boring (23 October 1886 – 1 July 1968) was an experimental psychologist who later became one of the first historians of psychology. He was born on October 23, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in a Quaker family. In 1914, he married fellow psychologist Lucy M. Day. They had four children; the first, a son, was born on January 11, 1916, the birthday of Edward B. Titchener, a colleague whom Boring held in high regard. Boring and his wife considered this to be a "happy omen" (p. 45). On July 1, 1968 Boring died at the age of 81, due to myeloma, a condition he was plagued with throughout his life.
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