Where are obituaries of psychologists published?
The leading publisher for obituaries of the earlier psychologists has been the American Journal of Psychology which began publication in 1887. The major source for obituaries today is the American Psychologist which began publishing them in 1978. However, be aware that obituaries exist in all kinds of journals: an animal researcher’s obituary might appear in one of the experimental journals, whereas someone famed for work on the Rorschach might be found in a journal on projective testing. For an index to more than 1,000 obituaries of psychologists, see: Benjamin, L. T., Jr., & Shlossman, W. (1983). Biographical sketches of eminent psychologists: A selected bibliography. Psychological Documents, 13, 1. (MS No. 2525, 50 pp.) B • What other sources of biographical material exist on psychologists? Biographies exist on most major figures in psychology and many minor ones. Sigmund Freud and Charles Darwin are undoubtedly the most popular and likely 100 or more full-length biographies have be
