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).