Frank Noel Hales (1878–1952) was a British psychologist and one of the founding members of the

British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. History It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the organ ...

Career

Hales was born in

Saumur Saumur () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...

, France in 1878. In 1900, he graduated from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

with BA first class in the Moral Sciences Tripos. His examiners included

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, Chair of Mental Philosophy and Logic at Cambridge, G.F. Stout, Reader in Mental Philosophy at the University of Oxford and

Carveth Read Carveth Read (1848–1931) was a 19th- and 20th-century British philosopher and logician. Life He was born 16 March 1848 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. He was the third son of Edward Read and Elizabeth Truscott. He attended the University o ...

who was to become the Grote professor of philosophy of mind and logic at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. He was awarded the Allen Scholarship in 1902. On 3 May 1902, he presented a paper entitled ''A contribution to the analysis of the process of comparison'' to the second scientific meeting of the

. The other two speakers at the meeting were

and

W.H.R. Rivers William Halse Rivers Rivers FRS FRAI ( – ) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist known for treatment of First World War officers suffering shell shock, so they could be returned to combat. Rivers' most f ...

. Later that year, on 6 December 1902, he presented a paper entitled ''The fluctuation of the dream image'' to another meeting of the society. In 1903, the

was formally established. Hales was one of the ten founding members. Hales published a paper entitled ''Materials for the psycho-genetic theory of comparison'' in the first volume of the

British Journal of Psychology The ''British Journal of Psychology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed psychology journal. It was established in 1904 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Psychological Society. The editor-in-chief is Stefan R. Schweinberger ( ...

(1904-5). In 1907, he emigrated to Canada. He initially lived in Montreal where he attempted to find work as a psychologist. Not being successful, he moved to

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where he became a soybean farmer.

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1878 births 1952 deaths British psychologists {{UK-psychologist-stub