Thomas Hunter (psychologist)

Sir Thomas Alexander Hunter KBE (28 February 1876 - 20 April 1953) was an Anglo-New Zealand psychologist. He was Principle of the Victoria University College from 1938 to 1951.

In 1952 he became an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Hunter was the first Professor of Psychology in New Zealand, and the Hunter Award was established in 1972 in his memory. It is awarded every three years by the New Zealand Psychological Society.^[1]

References

• Beaglehole, Tim. "Thomas Alexander Hunter". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. 
• ‘HUNTER, Sir Thomas (Alexander)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 1 Feb 2012