Théodore Simon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French intelligence researcher
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Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Théodore Simon
- Théodore Simon (French: [sim?~]; 10 July 1873 – 4 September 1961) was a French psychologist who worked with Alfred Binet to develop the Binet-Simon scale, one of the most widely used scales in the world for measuring intelligence.
- This scale was revised in 1908 and 1911, and served as a template for the development of newer scales.
- Simon worked at various hospitals throughout France, including Sainte-Anne and Dury-les-Amiens.
- He also worked as the head psychiatrist at Saint-Yon hospital and as a medical director at Perray-Vaucluse.
- He was also the founder of the first nursing school in psychiatry at the Maison Blanche hospital in Neuilly-sur-Marne, in 1946.
- The training institute which continues to this day bears his name.
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