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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
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Also Known As Robert Mearns Yerkes
Born May 26, 1876 • Pennsylvania
Died February 3, 1956 (aged 79) • New Haven • Connecticut
Subjects Of Study ape • chimpanzee • physiology • psychological testing • psychology
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
L. L. Thurstone
American psychologist
John B. Watson
American psychologist
James McKeen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist
Joy Paul Guilford
American psychologist
Sir Cyril Burt
British psychologist
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt
German physiologist and psychologist
Moritz Lazarus
Moritz Lazarus
Jewish philosopher and psychologist
Wolfgang Köhler
German psychologist
C. Lloyd Morgan
British zoologist and psychologist
Ewald Hering
German physiologist and psychologist
Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
John Money
American psychologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
Carl Cori
American biochemist
Gerty Cori
American biochemist
William James
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
Leon Festinger
American psychologist
William Moulton Marston, a pioneer in developing the lie detector
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist