The Spearman Medal was an early-career award of the
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the org ...
's Research Board, given in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology which represented a significant body of work in terms of theoretical contributions, originality, and impact. The award was inaugurated in 1965 and is named in honour of
Charles Spearman
Charles Edward Spearman, FRS (10 September 1863 – 17 September 1945) was an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. He also did seminal work on mod ...
. Medal winners were invited to give the Spearman Medal Lecture at the society's annual conference.
In 2021, it was decided to retire this award in view of concern at the links Spearman had with the eugenics movement.
List of medal winners
Source
British Psychology Society
See also
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List of psychology awards
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List of awards named after people
This is a list of awards that are named after people.
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See also
*Lists of awards
*List of eponyms
*List of awards named after governors-g ...
References
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Psychology awards
British academic awards
British Psychological Society