June Downey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

June Downey

American psychologist

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1875

Place of Birth: Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1932

Profession: psychologist, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

June Etta Downey (July 13, 1875 – October 11, 1932) was an American psychologist who studied personality and handwriting.
Downey was born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming, where she received her degree in Greek and Latin from the University of Wyoming.
Throughout her life Downey wrote seven books and over seventy articles.
Included in this work, Downey developed the Individual Will-Temperament Test, which was one of the first tests to evaluate character traits separately from intellectual capacity and the first to use psychographic methods for interpretation.In addition to her many published works, Downey held several prestigious positions.
She chaired the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Wyoming and in doing so became the first woman to hold a head position at a state university.
She was appointed to the American Psychological Association Council and became a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.