Harry Allen Overstreet
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Harry Allen Overstreet (October 25, 1875 – August 17, 1970) was an American writer and lecturer, and a popular author on modern psychology and sociology. His 1949 book, The Mature Mind, was a substantial best-seller that sold over 500,000 copies by 1952. From 1911 to 1936, he was chair of Department of Philosophy and Psychology at City College of New York.[1] He lectured and worked frequently with his second wife, Bonaro Overstreet.[2][3]
References
- ↑ (18 August 1970). Prof. Harry A. Overstreet Dies; Author and Lecturer Was 94; Psychology Chairman at City College, 1911-36, Wrote for the Layman, The New York Times
- ↑ (11 September 1985). Bonaro W. Overstreet, Author, Is Dead at 82, The New York Times
- ↑ Shook, John R., ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, Volume 1, p. 1851 (2005)
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