James Alexander Cardno

1915 - 1992  (77 years)

• Name	James Alexander Cardno
  Birth	5 Jan 1915	Longside   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Aug 1992	Hobart, Tasmania
  Person ID	I1158	Cardno
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	James Cardno,   b. 27 Jul 1874, St Fergus d. 29 Jul 1950, Aberdeenshire (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Williamina (Minnie) Daniel   d. Mar 1927
  Marriage	25 Nov 1911
  Family ID	F400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen F.T. Murray
  Marriage	3 Jul 1942	Hampstead, London   [1, 2]
  Children	1. David James Cardno
  Family ID	F401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jan 1915 - Longside Marriage - 3 Jul 1942 - Hampstead, London Death - 15 Aug 1992 - Hobart, Tasmania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James Cardno was born in Parkhill, Longside, Aberdeenshire, on 5 Jan 1915, and graduated from the University of Aberdeen, MA 1938. Lectures attended there, delivered by Rex Knight, Anderson Lecturer in Comparative Psychology, developed an intereest in psychology, which was pursued at Cambridge, from where he graduated in 1940. Following graduation he worked for a short time, for the British Civil Service in London, before emigrating to Australia (as earlier generations of his family hahad done), where he embarked upon a long and distinguished academic career. He began lecturing in social psychology in 1947 at the invitation of Professor W.M. O'Neil, whilst he was employed as Director of Social Studies at Sydney University, and in 1949 moved to the Psychology Department as lecturer. In Feb 1950 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Education at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, and the following year was made Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, being promoted to Professor in Oct 1965. On his retirement, in Jan 1991, he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus. He died on 15 Aug 1992.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] J Mackintosh, ed., Roll of the Graduates of the University of Aberdeen 1926-1955, (Aberdeen, 1960). [S37] Aberdeen University Review, XXX (1942-44), p. 88.