Strong, Charles Augustus
(28 November 1862–25 January 1940)
- Linda Simon
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Strong, Charles Augustus (28 November 1862–25 January 1940), psychologist and philosopher, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of Augustus Hopkins Strong, a Baptist minister, and Harriet Louise Savage. Strong studied at Phillips Exeter Academy (1877–1880) and then entered the University of Rochester, where he won a mathematics prize in his freshman year. During his sophomore and junior years he studied at the Gütersloh Gymnasium in Westphalia, Germany. He returned to Rochester to complete his senior year, graduating with the class in 1884....
