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Charles S. Myers,
first President 1920-23
Beatrice Edgell
Beatrice Edgell, first
woman President 1929-32
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T.H. Pear,
President 1943/44
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Sue Gardner
President (2009/10)

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Presidents of the British Psychological Society

Links from names are to Presidential Addresses or to information about unavailable Presidential Addresses. The first five Presidents did not deliver a Presidential Address as such; the first to give an Address was Professor James Drever in 1935.

ODNB indicates a link to an index entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (full articles available with individual or institutional subscription, or access through public library membership).

1920-1923 Charles Samuel Myers (b. 13 March 1873, d. 13 October 1946) obituary in The Lancet; obituary in BJEP; 'Charles Samuel Myers' by Alan Costall (2001); ODNB
1923-1926 Professor Charles Edward Spearman (b. 10 September 1863, d. 17 September 1945) obituary; ODNB
1926-1929 Dr F.A.P. Aveling (b. 28 December 1875, d. 6 March 1941)
1929-1932 Beatrice Edgell (1871-1948) obituary; 'Beatrice Edgell: An Appreciation' by Elizabeth Valentine (2001); 'Beatrice Edgell' by Elizabeth Valentine (2001); ODNB
1932-1935 Professor John Carl Flügel (1884-1955) obituary; ODNB
1935-1938 Professor James Drever (Primus) (b. 1873, d. 11 August 1950) obituary © University of Dundee Archive URSF/5/3/6
1938-1941 Professor Albert William Wolters (1883-1961) obituary; 'Albert William Wolters' by M.D. Vernon (1950)
1941-1943 Professor Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt (b. 3 March 1883, d. 10 October 1971) obituary; ODNB
1943-1944 Tom Hatherley Pear (b. 1886, d. May 1972, aged 86)
1944-1945 Dr Millais Culpin (b. 1874, d. 14 September 1952, aged 78) obituary (BJMP), obituary (Br J Ind Med); ODNB
1945-1946 Sir Godfrey H. Thomson (b. 1881, d. 1955, aged 74) obituary (Bulletin), obituary (BJSP); ODNB
1946-1947 Robert John Bartlett (b. 1879, d. March 1980, aged 101)
1947-1948 Charles Wilfred Valentine (b. 1879, d. 26 May 1964, aged 84) obituary; ODNB
1948-1949 Dr Stanley J.F. Philpott (d. 6 September 1962, aged 64) obituary
1949-1950 Robert Henry Thouless (b. 1894, d. 25 September 1984, aged 90) obituary; ODNB
1950-1951 Frederic Charles Bartlett (b. 1886, d. 30 September 1969, aged 82) obituary; ODNB
1951-1952 William Brown (1881-1952) obituary (BJSP), obituary (BJMP); ODNB
1952-1953 Cecil Alec Mace (b. 1894, d. 7 June 1971, aged 76) obituary
1953-1954 Arthur Rex Knight (b. 9 May 1903, d. 12 March 1963) obituary
1954-1955 Professor Philip E. Vernon (b. 1905, d. 28 July 1987, aged 82) obituary; ODNB
1955-1956 Emeritus Professor Leslie S. Hearnshaw (d. 10 June 1991, aged 84) obituary
1956-1957 Dr Eric Benjamin Strauss (d. 11 January 1961, aged 66) obituary
1957-1958 Professor Alec Rodger (d. February 1982, aged 74)
1958-1959 Emeritus Professor Magdalen D. Vernon (d. 1991, aged 90) obituary
1959-1960 Emeritus Professor Frederick Viggers Smith (d. July 2006, aged 94) obituary
1960-1961 Professor James Drever (Secundus) (b. 21 January 1910, d. 1 November 1991) (obituary: © University of Dundee)
1961-1962 Professor Edwin A. Peel (b. 1911, d. 10 June 1992, aged 81) obituary; ODNB
1962-1963 Professor George C. Drew
1963-1964 Professor Arthur Summerfield (b. 31 March 1923, d. 15 September 2005, aged 82) obituary
1964-1965 Donald Eric Broadbent (b. 1926, d. 10 April 1993, aged 66) obituary; ODNB; 'Donald Broadbent' by Dianne Berry (2002)
1965-1966 Professor George Westby (d. 23 July 1984, aged 75) obituary
1966-1967 Grace Rawlings (d. 12 August 1988, aged 79) obituary
1967-1968 Professor George Seth (d. 28 July 1990, aged 85) obituary
1968-1969 Boris Semeonoff (1910-1998) obituary; interview
1969-1970 Professor Robert John Audley
1970-1971 Professor Harry Gwynne Jones (b. 1918, d. 5 March 1985, aged 66) obituary
1971-1972 Professor Harry Kay (b. 22 March 1919, d. 14 December 2005) obituary
1972-1973 Professor Max Hamilton (b.1912, d. 6 August 1988, aged 76) obituary; ODNB
1973-1974 Emeritus Professor Brian Malzard Foss (1921-1997) obituary
1974-1975 Professor Oliver Louis Zangwill (b. 1913, d. 1987, aged 74) obituary; ODNB
1975-1976 Professor Jack Tizard (b. 25 February 1919, d. 2 August 1979) obituary; ODNB
1976-1977 May Alison Davidson (b. 14 November 1914, d. 5 January 1982) obituary
1977-1978 Professor Alan Douglas Benson Clarke (b. 21 March 1922, d. 13 December 2011)
1978-1979 Professor Philip Marcus Levy (b. 4 February 1934, d. 23 January 2011) obituary
1979-1980 Professor Peter H. Venables
1980-1981 Professor Kevin J. Connolly
1981-1982 Professor Derek Ernest Blackman
1982-1983 Dr Ralph R. Hetherington (b. 1917, d. 23 February 2000) obituary
1983-1984 Dr Halla Beloff
1984-1985 Professor Charles Ian Howarth
1985-1986 Professor Robert Maclaughlin Farr
1986-1987 Dr David Legge
1987-1988 Professor Lea S. Pearson (d. 5 April 1995, aged 52) obituary
1988-1989 Professor Anthony John Chapman
1989-1990 Professor Maurice Anthony Gale (b. 23 April 1937, d. 22 August 2006) interview; obituary
1990-1991 Professor Peter Edwin Morris
1991-1992 Revd Dr Fraser Norman Watts
1992-1993 Professor Edgar Miller
1993-1994 Dr Ann Mary Colley
1994-1995 Professor Geoffrey Anthony Lindsay
1995-1996 Professor Stephen Edward Newstead
1996-1997 Margaret Valerie McAllister
1997-1998 Professor Christopher Noel Cullen
1998-1999 Dr Ingrid Cecilia Lunt
1999-2000 Patricia Frankish
2000-2001 Dr Tommy MacKay
2001-2002 Professor Victoria Geraldine (Vicki) Bruce
2002-2003 Professor Graham Davey
2003-2004 Emeritus Professor Alexander (Zander) Wedderburn
2004-2005 Professor Ken Brown
2005-2006 Dr Graham Powell
2006-2007 Ray Miller
2007-2008 Professor Pam Maras
2008-2009 Dr Elizabeth Campbell (b. 13 June 1954, d. 2 April 2010) obituary
2009-2010 Sue Gardner
2010-2011 Dr Gerry Mulhern

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

Dr Carole Allan

Dr Peter Banister

Dr Richard Mallows (President Elect)



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