Margaret Keiver Smith (1856–1934) was an American psychologist and psychological and educational researcher.

Margaret Keiver Smith
Born1856
Died1934
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Occupation(s)Psychologist, researcher

Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1856, Smith was educated first in Oswego, New York, gaining her diploma in 1883.

She attended the University of Jena, University of Thuringen and Göttingen University, in Germany, and was awarded her PhD by the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, in 1900. From there she returned to the U.S. and became an instructor at the State Normal School of New Paltz, New York, from 1901, rising to professor, and director of geography and psychology.

She died in 1934.[1]

Selected works

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  • Smith, M. K. (1900). Rhythmus und Albeit (University of Zurich, doctoral dissertation in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Englemann. 1900.
  • Smith, M. K. (1903). The Pedagogical Seminary, 10(4), 438–458. doi:10.1080/08919402.1903.10532728
  • Smith, M. K. (1905). The Psychological and Pedagogical Aspect of Language.—(I). Journal of Education, 62(18), 491–493. doi:10.1177/002205740506201802; Part II. doi:10.1177/002205740506201902
  • Smith, M. K. (1908). The training of a backward boy. The Psychological Clinic, 2(5), 134.

References

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  1. ^ KM (1 January 2000). "Margaret Keiver Smith". In Marilyn Ogilvie; Joy Harvey (eds.). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Vol. 2. New York and London: Routledge. p. 1207. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7. (misspelling of Margaret Keiver Smith's middle name in book's early editions)