Théodore Simon
Théodore Simon | |
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Simon around 1908 when he helped create the first intelligence test (photo made available by the Société Binet-Simon) | |
| Born | 10 July 1873 |
| Died | 4 September 1961 (aged 88) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Alfred Binet |
| Academic work | |
| Influenced | Jean Piaget |
Théodore Simon (French: [simɔ̃]; 10 July 1873 – 4 September 1961) was a French psychiatrist who worked with Alfred Binet to develop the Binet-Simon Intelligence Test, one of the most widely used scales in the world for measuring intelligence. This scale was revised in 1908 and 1911, and served as a template for the development of newer scales.
Simon worked at various hospitals throughout France, including Sainte-Anne Hospital Center and Dury-les-Amiens. He also worked as the head psychiatrist at Saint-Yon hospital and as a medical director at Perray-Vaucluse. He was also the founder of the first nursing school in psychiatry at the Maison Blanche hospital in Neuilly-sur-Marne, in 1946. The training institute which continues to this day bears his name.