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Lightner Witmer

American psychologist (1867-1957)

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Lived 1867–1957, aged 90United States
United StatesUnited StatesAcademicsAcademic
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    1867–1957
    Aged 90
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Updated 2026-08-07

Lightner Witmer was an American psychologist. He introduced the term "clinical psychology" and is often credited with founding the field that it describes. Witmer created the world's first "psychological clinic" at the University of Pennsylvania in 1896, including the first journal of clinical psychology and the first clinical hospital school in 1907.

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