| LC control no. | n 79137106 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wechsler, David, 1896-1981 |
| Birth date | 1896-01-12 |
| Death date | 1981-05 |
| Place of birth | Lespezi (Romania) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Bureau of Child Guidance (New York, N.Y.) Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital |
| Profession or occupation | Psychologist |
| Found in | His The measurement of emotional reactions, 1925. Human Intelligence, via WWW, June 10, 2011 (David Wechsler (1896-1981); psychologist; A.B., City University of New York, 1916; M.A., Columbia University, 1917; University of Paris, experimental psychology research, 1919-1922; Ph. D. in experimental psychology, Columbia University, 1925; clinical psychologist at the Bureau of Child Guidance, New York City, 1922-1925; clinical psychology private practice, 1925-1932; chief psychologist, Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, 1932-1967; best known for developing several widely-used intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in 1949 and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale in 1955; also notable for his use of the deviation quotient (DQ), a technical innovation that replaced the use of mental ages in computing IQ scores) Ancestry.com, via WWW, June 10, 2011 (David Wechsler; born January 12, 1896 in Lespezi, Romania; emigrated to New York in 1902; naturalized as a citizen of the United States on June 12, 1918; died May 1981 in New York, New York) |
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