22 Facts About Beatrice Edgell

Beatrice Edgell was a British psychologist, researcher and university teacher.

Beatrice Edgell taught at Bedford College in the University of London from 1897 to 1933.

Beatrice Edgell was the first British woman to earn a PhD in psychology and the first British woman to be named a professor of psychology.

Beatrice Edgell was the first female president of the British Psychological Society, the Aristotelian Society, the Mind Association and the Psychological Division of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Beatrice Edgell's mother died when her youngest daughter was 11 years old.

Beatrice Edgell attended Tewkesbury High School for Girls between the ages of 10 and 14.

Beatrice Edgell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mental and Moral sciences from the University of London in 1894.

From 1894 to 1897 Beatrice Edgell taught high school in Sunderland and Blackburn, earning a teaching diploma from the University of London in 1896.

Beatrice Edgell defended her dissertation successfully on 30 July 1901, thereby becoming the first woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Wurzburg and the first British woman to be awarded a PhD in psychology by any university.

In January 1898 Beatrice Edgell had begun her university teaching career at Bedford College in London as lecturer in philosophy and head of the department of mental and moral science, which became the department of philosophy and psychology in 1906.

Beatrice Edgell was named professor of psychology in 1927 by the University of London.

Beatrice Edgell was the first female professor of psychology in Britain.

Beatrice Edgell later undertook a large-scale empirical study of memory with 1,200 children between the ages of 8 and 12 as the primary subjects.

Beatrice Edgell wrote two textbooks, Mental Life and Ethical Problems, introducing applied psychology to social studies and nursing students respectively.

Beatrice Edgell was one of the earliest members of the British Psychological Society, and presented a paper on time judgement at the association's fifth meeting in 1903.

Beatrice Edgell was the first woman president of the British Psychological Society, a position she held from 1930 to 1932.

Beatrice Edgell retained her connection with philosophy, becoming a member of the Aristotelian Society in 1910.

Beatrice Edgell became the first woman president of the Mind Association in 1927.

Beatrice Edgell taught at Bedford College for 35 years, retiring in 1933.

Beatrice Edgell retired to Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire, where she lived with her unmarried brother and sister.

Beatrice Edgell worked in a local child guidance clinic and acted as an examiner in psychology for the Royal College of Nursing, as well as remaining active in professional associations including the British Psychological Society.

Beatrice Edgell died of cancer, in Cheltenham, on 10 August 1948.