Background
Davis, Frederick Barton was born on August 27, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest Lewis Frederick and Dorothy (Barton) Davis.
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Frederick Barton Davis
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Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1931. Master of Education, Harvard, 1933, Doctor of Education, 1941.
Career
Barton (Mistress James Franklin Truitt, Junior). Psychologist Avon (Connecticut) Old Farms School, 1936-1939. Editor, Company-operative Test Service, New York City, 1939-1942.
Professor psychology and head department psychology George Peabody College Teachers, Nashville, 1947-1949.
Professor education Hunter College, 1949-1964. Professor education, director Center for Research in Evaluation and Measurement, University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1975.
Lecturer Wellesley College, 1936-1937, University California, 1947, 56, 57, Harvard 1948, Teachers College Columbia University, 1953-1954, 60-62, 67-68, Syracure University, 1965. Fullbright professor of University Amsterdam, 1957-1958.
Visiting research professor Rutgers University, 1970-1971.
Director Test Research Service, 1947-1975. Consultant American Council on Education, 1947. Special consultant Secretary of War.
1941-1942, Secretary of Air Force, 1947-1951.
Research consultant Philippine Center Language Study, Manila, 1959-1966, Education Records Bureau, 1964-1972, Ford Foundation, 1967, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, 1968-1974, College Entrance Examination Board, 1970-1971.
Achievements
Membership
Served as aviation psychologist United States Army Air Force, 1942-1947. Fellow American Psychological Association. Member Psychometric Society.
Connections
Married Charlotte West. Croon, October, 1940.
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March 2, 1975 (aged 65) -
Resting place
Interred Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham, Massachusetts -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian