Background
Angell, Frank was born on July 8, 1857 in S. Scituate, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles and Harriet (King) A., Bachelor of Science, University of Vermont, 1878, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1892.
Angell, Frank was born on July 8, 1857 in S. Scituate, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles and Harriet (King) A., Bachelor of Science, University of Vermont, 1878, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1892.
He graduated from the University of Vermont with an undergraduate degree in 1878.
Angell spent several years teaching high school physics in Washington, District of Columbia. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in the Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. He then founded the experimental psychology laboratories at Cornell University (1891) and Stanford University (1892). He remained at Stanford for the rest of his career, working primarily on psychophysics and as director of athletics.
A track stadium at Stanford was named after him.
Married Louisa Lee Bayard, 1891.
