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Alfred Binet
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Alfred Binet

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Alfred Binet

French • Educator • Scientist • Writer

Born: 19 October, 1857 Died: 25 October, 1911 1 Published Quote

French psychologist, educator, and author who championed the growth of human intelligence through education and purposeful practice.

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Alfred Binet (8 July 1857 – 18 October 1911) was a French psychologist and educational reformer who directed the psychology laboratory at the Sorbonne. Co-creator of the Binet-Simon scale, Binet strongly opposed fixed views of human capability, writing in Modern Ideas About Children (1909) that intelligence is malleable and grows through patient education and effort.

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