Jose Ingenieros

Born: April 24, 1877 in Sicily, Italy
Died: October 31, 1925 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Education and Work

In 1900 he graduates from medical school.
In 1904 he is appointed professor of Psychology and awarded the National Academy of Medicine Gold Medal.
In 1908 he forms a Psychological Society in Argentina and begins teaching Experimental Psychology.
In 1911 he publishes on Genetic Psychology and self-exiles to Europe.
In 1913, after visiting several European Universities, he publishes Principles of Biological Psychology and his most famous work named The Mediocre Man.

In 1910 he published one of the earliest recorded works in Biological Psychology.
He was the first Psychologist to try to establish a comprehensive psychological system in South America.
He was a prolific writer; his works include over 450 articles and 47 books.