Background
Langfeld, Herbert Sidney was born on July 24, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles and Flora R. Langfeld.
Langfeld, Herbert Sidney was born on July 24, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles and Flora R. Langfeld.
Bachelor of Arts, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1897. Student Haverford College, 1897-1898. Doctor of Philosophy, Berlin, 1909.
Doctor de l’University, University of Montreal, 1954.
He was working for the American Embassy in Berlin when he was attracted to psychology. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1909 at the University of Berlin. He took a faculty position at Harvard University and ultimately went to Princeton University, where he became the psychological laboratory director and later the department chair for psychology.
Langfeld was APA president in 1930.
He also held leadership positions with the International Congress of Psychology and the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1931). Member American Psychological Association (secretary 1917-1919, president 1930, honorary president New York branch, 1935-1936. Fellow New York Academy Sciences.
Member Pontifical Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Psi.
Clubs: Nassau, Springdale (Princeton).
Married Florence Hoffman Purdy, October 6, 1904.