Stewart Paton
Stewart Paton M.D. (April 19, 1865 – January 7, 1942) was an American psychiatrist and educator.
Biography[]
Born in New York City in 1865, Stewart Paton graduated from Princeton (1886) and receive his M.D. degree from Columbia three years later. He lectured for a time at Columbia and Yale University. Paton was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Harvey Society. He was a leading eugenicist of his day and president of the Eugenics Research Association. Paton was a strong advocate of American entry into World War I.[1] Paton opposed the right of Conscientious objection, arguing in an article for the New York Times that conscientious objectors suffered from "an inadequacy of neurotic constitutions".[1] Paton was also antagonistic to Communism, arguing in his book Education in War and Peace that Communism was a "mania" rather than a political philosophy.[2] He died of heart disease in 1942.[3]
Works[]
- Psychiatry. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905.
- Miscellaneous Publications, 1902-1919.
- Education in War and Peace. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1920.
- Human Behavior in Relation to the Study of Educational, Social, and Ethical Problems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
- Signes of Sanity. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
- Prohibiting Minds and the Present Social and Economic Crisis, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1932.
Articles[]
- "University Reforms," Popular Science Monthly, Vol. LXXVIII, 1911, pp. 52–70.
- "The World's Most Important Conservation Problem," Popular Science Monthly, Vol. LXXXI, 1912, pp. 163–169.
- "College or University?," Popular Science Monthly, Vol. LXXXII, 1913, pp. 192–201.
- "The Essentials of an Education," Mental Hygiene, Vol. IV, 1920, pp. 265–280.
- “The Psychology of the Radical,” The Yale Review, Vol. XI, 1922, pp. 89–101.
- "Protecting Civilization," The Harpers Monthly, Vol. CXLVIII, No. 884, January 1924, pp. 165–173.
- "Education for Sanity," The Forum, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6, June 1928, pp. 868–876.
- "Co-operation or Revolution," The Forum, Vol. XCII, No. 3, September 1934, pp. 185–188.
Other[]
- "What Psychiatry Teaches Concerning Educational Methods," Proceedings of the Mental Hygiene Conference and Exhibit, 1912.
- "Human Behavior in War and Peace," The Harvey Lectures, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Henry Rutgers Marshall, "War and Progress". The North American Review, September 1916, (pp. 391-399)
- ^ Stewart Paton, Education in War and Peace, Hoeber, 1920. (p. 21)
- ^ Rogers, Fred B. (1965). "Stewart Paton (1865-1942): Mental Hygienist," American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health, 55(5).
Further reading[]
- Beers, Clifford W. (1921). The Mental Hygiene Movement, [s.n.], 1921.
External links[]
- 1865 births
- 1942 deaths
- American eugenicists
- American psychiatrists
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
- Physicians from New York City
- Educators from New York City
- Princeton University alumni