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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Mary Collins (1895-1989)&#039;&#039;&#039;, an expert in colour vision, was a Lecturer in [[Psychology]] at Edinburgh University.<br /> <br /> Mary Collins graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1917, going on to obtain a B.Ed. (1919) and a Ph.D. (1923). Upon completing her doctoral work, she was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology. Besides publishing a monograph &#039;&#039;Colour-Blindness: With a Comparison of Different Methods of Testing Colour-Blindness&#039;&#039;, she collaborated on a number of publications with [[Sir James Drever (1873-1950)]], Head of Department, and, from 1931, Edinburgh University&#039;s first Professor of Psychology. These included &#039;&#039;Experimental Psychology&#039;&#039; (1926), &#039;&#039;A First Laboratory Guide in Psychology&#039;&#039; (1926), &#039;&#039;Performance Tests of Intelligence&#039;&#039; (1928), and &#039;&#039;Psychology and Practical Life&#039;&#039; (1936). She would later write an appreciate obituary of Drever for the &#039;&#039;British Psychological Journal&#039;&#039; (1951). She subsequently worked closely with [[Boris Semeonoff (1910-1998)]]. Collins was promoted to Senior Lecturer by 1950 and Reader in Psychology by 1956. She retired before 1962.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Academics|Collins, Mary]]</div>

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