Background
Woodworth, Robert Sessions was born on October 17, 1869 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Walter and Lydia Ames (Sessions) Woodworth.
Woodworth, Robert Sessions was born on October 17, 1869 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Walter and Lydia Ames (Sessions) Woodworth.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1891, Doctor of Science, 1951. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1896, Master of Arts, 1897. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1899, Doctor of Science, 1929.
Doctor of Laws, Lake Erie College, 1934.
Doctor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1946, University of Pennsylvania, 1946. Graduate study, university of Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bonn.
Teacher sciences, Watertown (New York) High School, 1891-1893. Instructor mathematics, Washburn College, Kansas, 1893-1895. Assistant in physiology, Harvard Medical School, 1897-1898.
Instructor physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, 1899-1902.
Demonstrator in physiology, University of Liverpool, England, 1902-1903. Instructor psychology, Columbia University, 1903-1905, Adjunct Professor, 1905-1909, professor, 1909-1942, professor emeritus, since 1942.
Superintendent of sections anthropometry and psychometry, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1909, 1924), New York Academy Sciences, British Psychological Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Philosophical Society, National Academy Sciences, National Research Council (chairman division anthropology and psychology, 1924-1925), American Psychological Association (president 1914), Social Science Research Council (treasurer 1927-1929.
Married Gabrielle Marie Schjöth, April. Children: Svenssen, Greta Sessions, William, Mary Virginia.