Gathering Intelligence: A free seminar regarding Thomson’s life and work TAGS: Archives | archives seminar | CCACE | Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology | Centre for Research Collections | differential psychology | education | epidemiology | history of education | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Ian Deary | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | psychology | Scottish mental surveys | seminar | Statistics Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, ‘Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson’, is on course to deliver on all its objectives …Continue reading →

A letter from Pip TAGS: 20th century history | Birth control | Carlos Paton Blacker | CRC | Edinburgh University Library | Eugenics | Eugenics Society | Godfrey Thomson | Intelligence testing | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | Royal Commission on Population | University of Edinburgh | Wellcome Library | Wellcome Trust Some of the most interesting letters in Thomson’s collection were sent to his widow following his death in 1955.  The following, from psychiatrist and secretary of the Eugenics society Carlos …Continue reading →

The Story of One TAGS: Ann Lingard | Cafe Scientifique | Cognitive ageing | Fionna Carmichael | Linda Kosciewicz-Fleming | Lothian Birth Cohorts | Michael Davenport | poetry | Professor Ian Deary | World War 2 | World War II In 1932 and 1947, every 11 year old child in Scotland was given an intelligence test*.  This fact is referred to throughout the blog. Its the reason Thomson was famous …Continue reading →