caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date image article_title
granville . stanley hall by frederick gutekunst , circa 1910 william james april 24 , 1924 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- worcester , massachusetts ashfield , massachusetts american psychologist february 1 , 1846 g. stanley hall.jpg g. stanley hall

g. stanley hall

granville stanley hall -lrb- february 1 , 1846 -- april 24 , 1924 -rrb- was a pioneering american psychologist and educator .
his interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory .
hall was the first president of the american psychological association and the first president of clark university .
a `` review of general psychology '' survey , published in 2002 , ranked hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century , in a tie with lewis terman .
