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Harry Dexter Kitson
1886–1959
A psychologist and educator who brought the science of attention, study, and motivation into everyday life. His books helped readers think more clearly about learning, work, and what moves people to act.
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About the author
Born in 1886, Harry Dexter Kitson was an American professor whose work joined psychology with practical problems in education and business. Sources consistently place him at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he taught applied psychology and wrote for a broad audience interested in learning, vocational guidance, and human behavior.
Kitson is especially remembered for books such as How to Use Your Mind and The Mind of the Buyer. In those works, he translated psychological ideas into direct, useful advice about study habits, attention, memory, and persuasion, which helps explain why his writing still feels accessible today.
He was also described as a charter member of the American Psychological Association and a pioneer in vocational guidance. Harry Dexter Kitson died in 1959.