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Roy Franklin Richardson
A professor of education at the University of Maine, he wrote an early and thoughtful study of anger that links psychology with teaching practice. His work explores how strong emotions shape behavior and what educators can do to understand them better.
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Psychology and Pedagogy of Anger
by Roy Franklin Richardson
About the author
Published in 1918, The Psychology and Pedagogy of Anger is the work most clearly associated with Roy Franklin Richardson. In the book itself, he is identified as a professor of education at the University of Maine, and the study focuses on anger as both a psychological experience and a practical challenge in education.
Richardson's writing stands out for taking a familiar human emotion seriously. Rather than treating anger only as bad behavior, he examines how it is felt, how it develops, and how teachers and schools might respond to it with more insight. That gives his work a place in the early history of educational psychology.
Not much biographical information was readily confirmed beyond his academic role and authorship, so his reputation today rests mainly on this book. For readers interested in classic psychology, education, or the history of emotion studies, his work offers a compact look at how scholars of the early twentieth century tried to connect research with everyday life in the classroom.