Ágúst H. Bjarnason (20 August 1875 – 22 September 1952) was the son of Hákon Bjarnason, and Jóhanna K. Þorleifsdóttir. Ágúst was a pioneer in teaching psychology in Iceland and the first one to write books on

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in Icelandic. A revolution begin in Icelandic psychological history when Ágúst and

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went to study psychology and

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. They both finished master's degrees in 1901 and then doctorals in 1911. They both had psychology as majors. The mentor of Ágúst (and Guðmundur) was

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. Ágúst's doctoral dissertation was about the French philosopher

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. He was a Unitarian, describing himself as Iceland's "only card-carrying Unitarian."

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