Catharine Cox
| Catharine Cox Miles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cathareine Morris Cox May 20, 1890 San Jose, CA, U.S. |
| Died |
October 11, 1984 (aged 94) Sandy Spring MA, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Gender differences |
| Institutions |
Central Mental Hygiene Clinic Stanford University Yale University |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, (PhD, 1925) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lewis M. Terman |
| Spouse | Walter Richard Miles |
Central Mental Hygiene Clinic Stanford University
Catharine Morris Cox Miles (May 20, 1890 – October 11, 1984) was an American psychologist known for her work on intelligence and genius. Born in San Jose, CA, to Lydia Shipley Bean and Charles Ellwood Cox. In 1927 married psychologist Walter Richard Miles.
She was a professor of clinical psychology at the Yale Medical School and affiliated with Yale's Institute of Human Relations. Earlier she worked at Stanford with Stanford-Binet creator Lewis Terman in issues related to IQ. She is also known for her historiometric study (1926) of IQ estimates of three hundred prominent figures who lived prior to IQ testing, a work which was one of the earliest attempts to apply social scientific methods to the study of genius and greatness.
Cox attended Stanford University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911. She earned a Master of Arts degree in German language and literature in 1913. Following graduation, she moved to Berlin, Germany where she spent one year at the University of Jena and the University of Berlin. She returned to San Jose, California, where she taught physical education and German at the College of the Pacific. After World War I, Herbert Hoover was in charge of the American Relief Administration and he encouraged American Quakers to go to Germany to help the struggling country. Cox returned to Germany and joined the American Friends Service Committee in its relief efforts to provide food to starving children who were affected by World War I. By 1920, Cox was serving as the District Director to the American Relief Administration for North-East Germany. Her second visit to Germany is said to have inspired her psychology interests.
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