Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Edward Thorndike, fully Edward Lee "Ted" Thorndike

American Psychologist and Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, his work on animal behavior and the learning process led to the theory of Connectionism and helped lay the scientific foundation for modern educational psychology

"Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure."