Lewis Terman
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About
Psychologist who developed the first modern tests to measure individuals' intelligence quotient - their IQ. He also did extensive research on children with high IQs in a longitudinal study known as The Genetic Studies of Genius, which he started in 1921.
Before Fame
He received a B.A. and M.A. from the Indiana University Bloomington before receiving his Ph.D. from Clark University in 1905.
Trivia
A supporter of the controversial field of eugenics, he used his IQ tests to argue that non-white races were inherently less intelligent.
Family Life
He was born in Johnson County, Indiana.
Associated With
He published studies of the intelligence quotients of long-dead scientists like Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.
