Thomas Verner Moore
Dom Thomas Verner Moore (October 22, 1877 – June 5, 1969) was an American psychologist, psychiatrist and monk. He was the "first psychiatric researcher to create symptom rating scales and use factor analysis to deconstruct psychosis."[1] He was also among the first Catholic priests to conduct influential scientific work in psychology,[2] and he developed a psychiatric paradigm based on Catholic teaching, as well as on the philosophical perspective of Thomism.[3]
Thomas Verner Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1877 |
| Died | June 5, 1969 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of America |
| Known for | Symptom rating scales |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Catholic University of America |
| Thesis | Reaction time and movement (1903) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Pace |
| Other academic advisors | Wilhelm Wundt |
Early life edit
Moore was born on October 22, 1877, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his grandfather, a Presbyterian minister who was once a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.[4] In 1896, he entered the Paulist Fathers, and he was ordained as a member in 1901. In 1903, he earned his doctorate in psychology from the Catholic University of America under the supervision of Edward A. Pace.[2] In 1904, he published his dissertation as a monograph under the title "A Study in Reaction Time and Movement". He then traveled to Leipzig, Germany, to study with Wilhelm Wundt before returning to the United States.[2] In these early years he wrote some articles for the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Career edit
In 1910, at the University of California, Moore published "The Process of Abstraction", based on research he had begun while studying with Wundt. Also in 1910, he joined the faculty of the Catholic University of America as an instructor.[2][5] In 1915, he received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, after which he worked as a psychiatrist with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I.[5] From 1916 to 1918, he founded and ran a children's psychiatric clinic in Washington, D. C.[2][1] This clinic also gave psychiatric training to psychology students, making it the first school in the United States to do so as a regular part of the psychology curriculum.[2] He then returned to the Catholic University of America, where he became head of the department of psychology and psychiatry in 1939.[2] Later in his life, at the age of forty-two, he left the Paulist Order and became a Benedictine instead. In 1924, he helped to found a Benedictine Priory (now known as St. Anselm's Abbey) in Washington, D. C.[2][6] In 1926, he established the Saint Gertrude's School of Arts and Crafts, a school for mentally retarded children, also in Washington, D. C.. Moore and the monks of St. Anselm's opened a secondary school, then known as the Priory School and now called St. Anselm's Abbey School, in 1942. He retired from the Catholic University of America's faculty in 1947.[5]
Later career and death edit
In 1947, Moore traveled to Spain to enter the Carthusians. In 1950, he returned to the United States to co-found the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration in Sandgate, Vermont, the first charterhouse in the country. In 1960, he returned to Spain, where he continued to live as a Carthusian for the rest of his life. He died in Burgos, Spain on June 5, 1969.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Noll, Richard; DeYoung, Colin G.; Kendler, Kenneth S. (August 2017). "Thomas Verner Moore". American Journal of Psychiatry. 174 (8): 729–730. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17030248. ISSN 0002-953X. PMID 28760022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Moore, Thomas Verner". New Catholic Encyclopedia. The Gale Group Inc. 2003.
- ^ Kugelmann, Robert (May 2019). "The theory and practice of Thomas Verner Moore's Catholic psychiatry and psychotherapy". History of Psychology. 22 (2): 186–204. doi:10.1037/hop0000117. ISSN 1939-0610. PMID 30489108. S2CID 54099192.
- ^ "Thomas Verner Moore and the Carthusians". www.patheos.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ a b c Stafford, John W. (1970). "Thomas Verner Moore: 1877-1969". The American Journal of Psychology. 83 (2): 286–288. ISSN 0002-9556. JSTOR 1421336. PMID 4915928.
- ^ Nuesse, C. Joseph (2001-07-01). "Thomas Verner Moore: Psychiatrist, Educator and Monk (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 87 (3): 535–536. doi:10.1353/cat.2001.0125. ISSN 1534-0708. S2CID 161111127.
Further reading edit
- Neenan, Benedict (2000). Thomas Verner Moore: Psychiatrist, Educator, and Monk. Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809139873.
External links edit
- Works by or about Thomas V. Moore at Wikisource