Background
SUMMERFIELD, Arthur was born on March 31, 1923 in Wilmslow. Son of the late Arthur Summerfield and Dora Gertrude (née Perman Smith) Summerfield.
SUMMERFIELD, Arthur was born on March 31, 1923 in Wilmslow. Son of the late Arthur Summerfield and Dora Gertrude (née Perman Smith) Summerfield.
Bachelor of Science Technology, University Manchester, England, 1947. Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors, University London, 1949.
Assistant Lecturer in Psychology, University College, London 1949-1951, Lecturer 1951-1961, Honorary Research Association 1961-1970, Honorary Research Fellow since 1970. Professor, of Psychology, University of London, and Head, Department, of Psychology, Birkbeck College 1961-1988, Professor Emeritus since 1988, Governor 1982-1986. President British Psychological Society 1963-1964, Institute Union of Psychological Science 1976-1980, Section J (Psychology), British Association for the Advancement of Science 1976-1977, Institute Social Science Council (UNESCO) 1977-1981.
Executive Committee 1981-1983. Assistant Editor British Journal of Psychology (Statistical Section) 1950-1954.
Committee on Institute Relations in Psychology, American Psychological Association 1977-1979. Board of directors, European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences 81, British Journal of Education Psychology Ltd. since 1985. Social Science Research Council (Great Britain) 1979-1981.
Institute Council of Scientific Unions Study Group on the Biological, Medical and Physical Effects of the Large-scale Use of Nuclear Weapons 1983-1987.
Married Aline Torday, June 21, 1946 (divorced 1974). Children: Arthur Quentin, Anne Penelope. Married Angela Barbara Steer, February 9, 1974.