William Brown (psychologist)

William Brown FRCP (5 December 1881 – 17 May 1952) was a British psychologist and psychiatrist. He was President of the British Psychological Society, 1951–52; Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy at the University of Oxford, 1921–46; Director of the Institute of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, 1936–45. Brown’s writings reflect how his interests changed in the course of his career: from studying psychology from a statistical viewpoint, to practising psychiatry and finally to reflecting on big issues such as religion and war and the foundations of his disciplines.