W. J. H. Sprott

Walter John Herbert Sprott, known to friends as ‘Sebastian’ Sprott, and also known as Jack Sprott (1897-1971) was a British psychologist and writer.

Sprott was educated at Felsted School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he became a member of the Cambridge Apostles. In the 1920s, he became acquainted with other members of the Bloomsbury Group. After a job as a demonstrator at the Psychological Laboratory in Cambridge, he moved to the University of Nottingham, where he eventually became professor of philosophy.^[1]

Works

(tr.) Physique and character; an investigation of the nature of constitution and of the theory of temperament by Ernst Kretschmer, 1925. The International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.
(tr.) New introductory lectures on psycho-analysis by Sigmund Freud. New York: W.W. Norton, 1933.
General psychology, 1937
Sociology, 1949
Social psychology, 1952
Science and social action, 1954
Human groups, 1958

References

^ Janus: The Papers of Walter John Herbert Sprott

External links

Papers of Sprott, Walter John Herbert (1897-1971) psychologist held at King’s College, Cambridge
Works by or about Sprott, Walter John Herbert in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Name	Sprott, W. J. H.
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Date of birth	1897
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Date of death	1971
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