Background
Lashley, Karl Spencer was born on June 7, 1890 in Davis, West Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Gilpen and Margaret Blanche (Spencer) Lashley.
Lashley, Karl Spencer was born on June 7, 1890 in Davis, West Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Gilpen and Margaret Blanche (Spencer) Lashley.
Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, West Virginia University, 1910. Master of Science in Bacteriology (teaching fellow 1910), U. Pittsburgh, 1911, Doctor of Science, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics (fellow 1913, Bruce fellow 1914), Johns Hopkins, 1914, Johnston scholar, 1915-1916, Doctor of Laws, 1953.
Master of Arts (honorary) Harvard, 1942.
Doctor of Science, University Chicago, 1941, Western Reserve University, 1951, University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
; married second, Doctor Claire Imredy Schiller, 1957. Instructor psychology University of Minnesota, 1917-1918, assistant professor psychology, 1920-1921, associate professor, 1921-1924, professor, 1924-1926. Investigator United States Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board, 1919-1920.
Acting professor psychology University of Chicago, summer 1925, professor psychology, 1929-1935.
Acting professor psychology Columbia, summer 1926. Research psychologist Behavior Research Fund of Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, 1926-1929.
Lecturer universities London, Berlin, Moscow, 1932. Professor psychology Harvard, 1935-1937, research professor neuropsychology, 1937-1955, emeritus, 1955-1958.
Director Yerkes laboratories of Primate Biology, 1942-1955, emeritus, 1955-1958.
Hughlings Jackson Memorial lecturer Montreal Neurological Clinic, 1937. Vanuxem lecturer Princeton, 1952.
Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Psychological Association (president 1929, president eastern branch 1937), Society American Naturalists (president 1947), American Society Zoologists, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Psychologists, American Society Human Genetics, National Research Council (division anthropology and psychology 1927-1930, 32-35), Florida Psychological Association. Member American Neurological Association, Harvey Society, New York Academy Sciences, British Association Study Animal Behavior. Member Royal Society London, British Psychological Association.
Married Edith Ann Baker, 1918 (deceased. Married second, Doctor.