Bartlett, Sir Frederic Charles, 1886-1969 (Knight and psychologist)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1886 - 1969

Biography

Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett (1886-1969); B.A., 1st class, in Philosophy, University of London, 1909; M.A., London, 1911, special distinction in Sociology and Ethics. Bartlett attended St. John's College, Cambridge, 1911-1914, obtaining a 1st Class in the Moral Sciences Tripos, and became Assistant Director of the Psychological Laboratory, Cambridge. He was made Reader in Experimental Psychology at Cambridge, 1922, and Director of the Psychological Laboratory, 1922-1952 and of the MRC Applied Pyschology Unit from 1945-1951 . He was Editor of the British Journal of Psychology, 1924-1948, and First Professor of Experimental Psychology at Cambridge, 1931-1952. In 1932 Bartlett was elected to the Royal Society. He was made C.B.E. in 1941, and received the Baly Medal and the Huxley Medal in 1943. He was knighted in 1948.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Series

Directors’ Office papers and correspondence , 1943-2009

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10308/1

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence between the directors and scientists and staff working at the Unit, scientists working elsewhere in the UK and abroad, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and various government bodies. The subject matter includes research projects and proposals, careers of scientific researchers, security clearance and general personnel matters. There is a small amount of personal correspondence. The series also contains administrative files relating to the premises at 15...

Dates: 1943-2009

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Researchers wishing to consult this collection will be required to complete a data release form. Additionally, some material is closed following the Archive's confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)). Please see individual catalogue entries for details.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Records of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

File

Papers of Frederick Bartlett (Director, 1945-51), 1943 - 1944

File

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10308/1/1

Scope and Contents

Comprises classified reports produced by Bartlett during the Second World War: ‘The role of the operator in tracking targets’, May 1944; ‘Instrument controls and display’, Dec. 1943; ‘The tasks of the operator in machine work’, Dec. 1943. All reports are stamped ‘Servo Library’.

Dates: 1943 - 1944

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Records of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit / Directors’ Office papers and correspondence

Fonds

Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett: Notebooks and Papers

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8076

Scope and Contents The collection covers Bartlett's scientific and professional work. It comprises notebooks, a small amount of correspondence, and drafts and notes for lectures, addresses and papers; many are written on the back of undergraduates' essays or examination scripts, and very few are dated. The collection includes notebooks of Bartlett's early experiments on memory and association tests, 1914-1917 (A.4; A.6-A.9; A.11). There is no biographical material as such, but B.86 contains an autobiographical...

Dates: 1950 (Circa)

Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library

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