--- title: "4 Edwin Boring Quotes - Famous Psychologist (A history of experimental psychology)" description: "Edwin Garrigues (Garry) Boring was an American experimental psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Clark University and at Harvard University, who lat..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edwin-boring-31994.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Edwin Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edwin-boring-31994.jpg) # Edwin Boring (1886–1968) Psychologist **4** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edwin Boring was a psychologist, best known for *A history of experimental psychology*. ## Quick Facts About Edwin Boring Born October 23, 1886 Died July 1, 1968 Profession Psychologist Notable works A history of experimental psychology ## About Edwin Boring Edwin Garrigues (Garry) Boring was an American experimental psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Clark University and at Harvard University, who later became one of the first historians of psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Boring as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Dewey, Amos Tversky, and Wilhelm Wundt. ## Quotes by Edwin Boring > [Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-not-give-up-trying-to-turn/) Edwin Boring [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/edwin-boring-66993_acquire_sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-no_952695.jpg) > [Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-important-than-writing/) Edwin Boring [Experiment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experiment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/edwin-boring-66993_experiments_doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-importan_1130101.jpg) > [Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. He is right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/half-the-time-i-read-hayek-s-the-sensory-order-with-amazement-at-the/) Edwin Boring [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/edwin-boring-66993_amazement_half-the-time-i-read-hayek-s-the-sensory_1316589.jpg) > [The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/the-historical-approach-to-understanding-of-scientific-fact-is-what/) Edwin Boring [Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/edwin-boring-66993_approach_the-historical-approach-to-understanding_2232237.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-boring/#itemlist", "name": "Edwin Boring Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edwin Boring" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-not-give-up-trying-to-turn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/edwin-boring-66993_acquire_sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-no_952695.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/edwin-boring-66993_acquire_sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-no_952695.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/edwin-boring-66993_acquire_sometimes-i-fear-that-if-harvard-does-no_952695.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning…” — Edwin Boring", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edwin Boring" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-boring/doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-important-than-writing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/edwin-boring-66993_experiments_doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-importan_1130101.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/edwin-boring-66993_experiments_doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-importan_1130101.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/edwin-boring-66993_experiments_doing-an-experiment-is-not-more-importan_1130101.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.” — Edwin Boring", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. 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