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E. (Edward) Kirkpatrick

b. 1869

A teacher and psychologist of the early 20th century, he wrote practical books that tried to connect child development, learning, and classroom life. His work reflects a period when educational psychology was becoming a field of its own.

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The training of an infantry company

The training of an infantry company

by E. (Edward) Kirkpatrick

About the author

Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick was an American educator and psychologist born in 1869. He is known for books such as Genetic Psychology, Fundamentals of Child Study, Studies in Psychology, and Imagination and Its Place in Education, which were written for teachers, students, and people interested in how children learn.

His writing focused on child development, mental growth, and the ways psychology could be used in everyday teaching. Rather than writing only for specialists, he often aimed to make academic ideas useful in schools and teacher training.

Because the surviving online sources available here are limited, some biographical details about his personal life and career are hard to confirm with confidence. What is clear is that his books helped introduce generations of teachers to early educational psychology and to the study of children's development.