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Education

BA, Jesus College, Oxford (under William McDougall)
Teachers' Diploma, Jesus College, Oxford
Post-Gradaute work, Wurzburg University (under Oswald Kulpe)

Ocupations

1908-1913, Lecturer in Experimental Psychology and Assistant Lecturer in Physiology (under Sir Chalres Sherrington), University of Liverpool
1913-1931, Chief Psychologist, London County Council
19xx-1926Natioanl Institute of of Industrial Psychology, Vocational Section
1926-1931, Professor of Educational Psychology, London Day Training College (Institute fo Education), University of London
1931-1950, Charles Spearman Chair of Psychology, University College, London

Service
1947-1963, Editor and co-editor, British Journal of Statistical Psychology

Honors

1942, President, British Psychological Society
1946, Knighted
19xx, Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford
19xx, Ll.D. (Honorary), Aberdeen University
19xx, D.Litt. (Honorary), Reading University
19xx, elected Fellow of the British Academy
1971, E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association

Select References

Bibliographic Information

Banks, C., & Broadhurst, P. L. (Eds.). (1966). Stephanos: Studies in psychology presented to Cyril Burt. New York: Barns & Noble.

Steinberg, H. (1951). List of publications by Sir Cyril Burt. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 21, 53-62.

Biographical Works

University of Liverpool Archives: Sir Cyril Burt papers (http)

Burt, C. L. (1949). An autobiographical sketch. Occupational Psychology, 23, 9-20.

Fancher, R. E. (1985) The intelligence men: Makers of the I.Q. controversy. New York: Norton.

Hearnshaw, L. (1979). Cyril Burt: Psychologist. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Sir Cyril Burt. (1983). AEP (Association of Educational Psychologists) Journal, 6(1) [Special issue]

Scarr, S. (1994). Burt, Cyril L. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of intelligence (Vol. 1, pp. 231-234). New York: Macmillan.

Books

Burt, C. L. (1975). The gifted child. New York: Wiley.

Burt, C. L. (1962). Mental and scholastic tests. (4th ed.). London: London : Staples.

Burt, C. L. (1957). The causes and treatments of backwardness (4th ed.). London: University of London .

Burt C. L. (1940). The factors of the mind: An introduction to factor analysis in psychology. London: University of London.

Burt, C. L. (1935). The subnormal mind. London: Oxford University.

Burt, C. L. (1946). Intelligence and fertility. London:

Burt, C.L. (1925). The young delinquent. London: University of London.

Articles & Book Chapters by C. Burt (Chronological Order)

Burt, C. L. (1972). Inheritance of general intelligence. American Psychologist, 27, 175-190.

Burt, C. L. (1971). Quantitative genetics in psychology. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology, 24, 1-21.

Burt, C. L. (1971). Heredity and environment. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 24, 9-15.

Burt, C. L.(1970). The mental differences between individuals. Occupational Psychology, 44, 141-147.

Burt, C. L. (1969). Intelligence and heredity: Some common misconceptions. Irish Journal of Education, 3, 75-94.

Burt, C. L. (1968). Mental capacity and its critics. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 21, 11-18

Burt, C. L. (1966). The early history fo multivariate techniques in psychological research. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1, 24-42.

Burt, C. L. (1966). The genetic determination of differences in intelligence: A study of monozygotic twins reared together and apart. British Journal of Psychology, 57, 137-153.

Rushton, J. P. (2002). New evidence on Sir Cyril Burt: His 1964 speech to the Association of Educational Psychologists. Intelligence, 30, 555-567. (pdf)

Burt, C. L. (1963).. Ability and attainment: II. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 16, 106-112.

Burt, C. L., & Williams, E. L. (1962). The influence of motivation on the results of intelligence tests. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 15, 129-135.

Burt, C. L. Intelligence and social mobility. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 14, 3-24.

Burt, C. L. (1961). Factor analysis and its neurological basis. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 14, 53-71.

Burt, C. L. (1960). The mentally subnormal. Medical World, 93, 297-300.

Burt, C. L. (1960). The concept of mind. Journal of Psychological Researches, 4, 54-64.

Burt, C. L. (1959). Class differences in general intelligence. III. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 12, 15-33.

Burt, C. L. (1959). General ability and special aptitudes. Educational Research, 1, 3-16.

Burt, C. L., & Gregory, W. L. (1958). Scientific method in psychology: II. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 11, 105-128.

Burt, C. L. (1958). Definition and scientific method in psychology. British Journal of Statistical Psychology. 11, 31-69.

Burt, C. L. (1958). The inheritance of mental ability. American Psychologist, 13, 1-15.

Burt, C. L., & Howard, M. (1957). The relative influence of heredity and environment on assessments of intelligence. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 10, 99-104.

Burt, C. L., & Howard, M. (1957). Heredity and intelligence: A reply to criticisms. British Journal of Statistical Psychology, 10, 33-63.

Burt, C. (1957).. Inheritance of mental ability. Eugenics Review, 49, 137-139. Cambridge Univ Press, US

Burt, C. (1957). The distribution of intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 48, 161-175.

Burt, C. L. (1955). The evidence for the concept of intelligence. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 25, 158-177. (abridged, http)

Burt, C. L. (1955). The meaning and assessment of intelligence. Eugenics Review, 47, 81-91.

Burt, C. L. (1954). The differentiation of intellectual ability. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 24, 76-90.

Burt, C. L. (1949). Eugenics: intelligence and genius. British Medical Bulletin. 6(1-2), 78-79.

Burt, C. L. (1949). The two-factor theory. British Journal of Psychology. 2, 151-179.

Burt, C. L. (1949). The structure of the mind; a review of the results of factor analysis. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 19, 176-199.

Burt, C.L. (1912). The inheritance of mental characteristics. Eugenics Review, 4, 168-200.

Burt, C. (1909). Experimental tests of general intelligence. British Journal of Psychology, 3, 94-177.

 

Articles & Book Chapters about the "C. Burt Affair"

Fietcher, R. (1991). Science, ideology, and the media. New Brunswick, N. J.: Transaction.

Jensen, A. R. (1992).Scientific fraud or false accusations? The case of Cyril Burt. In D. J. Miller, & M. Hersen (Eds.), Research fraud in the behavioral and biomedical sciences. New York: John Wiley.

Jensen, A. R. (1974). Kinship correlations reported by Sir Cyril Burt. Behavior Genetics, 4, 1-28.

Joynson, R. B. (1989). The Burt affair. New York: Routledge.

Lamb, K. (1992). Biased tidings: The media and the Cyril Burt controversy. Mankind Quarterly, 33, 203. (http)

Mackintosh, N. J. (1995). Cyril Burt: Fraud or framed? New York: Oxford University Press.

Rowe, D., & Plomin, R. (1978). The Burt controversy: The comparison of Burt's data on IQ with data from other studies. Behavior Genetics, 8, 81-83.

Rushton, J. P. (1994). Victim of scientific hoax. (Cyril Burt and the genetic IQ controversy). Society, 31, 40-44. (http)

Samelson, F. (1992). Rescuing the reputation of Sir Cyril. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 28, 221-233.

Tucker, W. H. (1997). Re-reconsidering Burt: Beyond a reasonable doubt. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 33, 145-162.

The Cyril Burt Affair (2003). In J. A. Plucker (Ed.), Human intelligence: Historical influences, current controversies, teaching resources. (http)