Stewart Paton
M.D. (April 19, 1865 – January 7, 1942) was an American psychiatrist and educator.
Biography
Born in New York City in 1865, Stewart Paton graduated from Princeton (1886) and receive his M.D. degree from
Columbia
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three years later. He lectured for a time at Columbia and
Yale University. Paton was a member of the
American Philosophical Society, the
New York Academy of Medicine
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, and the Harvey Society. He was a leading
eugenicist of his day and president of the Eugenics Research Association. Paton was
a strong advocate of
American entry into World War I.
Henry Rutgers Marshall
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, "War and Progress". '' The North American Review'', September 1916, (pp. 391-399) Paton opposed the right of
Conscientious objection, arguing in an article for the ''
New York Times'' that conscientious objectors suffered from "an inadequacy of neurotic constitutions".
Paton was also antagonistic to
Communism, arguing in his book ''Education in War and Peace'' that Communism was a "
mania
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" rather than a political philosophy. He was a trustee of the
Carnegie Institution from 1916 until his death. He died of heart disease in 1942.
[Rogers, Fred B. (1965)]
"Stewart Paton (1865-1942): Mental Hygienist,"
''American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health,'' 55(5).
Works
''Psychiatry.''Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905.
''Miscellaneous Publications,''1902-1919.
in War and Peace.''New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1920.
''Human Behavior in Relation to the Study of Educational, Social, and Ethical Problems.''New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
''Signes of Sanity.''New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
* ''Prohibiting Minds and the Present Social and Economic Crisis,'' Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1932.
Articles
"University Reforms,"''Popular Science Monthly,'' Vol. LXXVIII, 1911, pp. 52–70.
"The World's Most Important Conservation Problem,"''Popular Science Monthly,'' Vol. LXXXI, 1912, pp. 163–169.
"College or University?,"''Popular Science Monthly,'' Vol. LXXXII, 1913, pp. 192–201.
"The Essentials of an Education,"''Mental Hygiene,'' Vol. IV, 1920, pp. 265–280.
“The Psychology of the Radical,”''The Yale Review,'' Vol. XI, 1922, pp. 89–101.
"Protecting Civilization,"''The Harpers Monthly,'' Vol. CXLVIII, No. 884, January 1924, pp. 165–173.
* "Education for Sanity," ''The Forum,'' Vol. LXXIX, No. 6, June 1928, pp. 868–876.
* "Co-operation or Revolution," ''The Forum,'' Vol. XCII, No. 3, September 1934, pp. 185–188.
Other
"What Psychiatry Teaches Concerning Educational Methods,"''Proceedings of the Mental Hygiene Conference and Exhibit,'' 1912.
"Human Behavior in War and Peace,"''The Harvey Lectures,'' J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920.
See also
*
Adolf Meyer
*
Eugenics in the United States
*
Thomas P. Bailey Thomas Pearce Bailey (1867–1949) was an American educator and early twentieth-century race theorist. He was born August 18, 1867, in Georgetown, South Carolina. During his lifetime he was a professor of various subjects including education, psych ...
References
Further reading
* Beers, Clifford W. (1921)
''The Mental Hygiene Movement,'' 's.n.'' 1921.
External links
Works by Stewart Paton at
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1865 births
1942 deaths
American eugenicists
American psychiatrists
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
Physicians from New York City
Educators from New York City
Princeton University alumni