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Carl Allanmore Murchison (1887–1961) was an American psychologist and an early promoter of the discipline of psychology. Unlike most psychologists who became prominent in the history books, Murchison was not an influential theorist or researcher. Instead, he was an extremely active organizer, publisher, and editor.

Biography
Carl Murchison was born on December 3, 1887, in Hickory, North Carolina, to the Reverend Claudius Murat Murchison and Alice (Temple) Murchison. He received his AB degree from Wake Forest University in 1909 and studied at Harvard University the following year (1909-1910) as a Rumrill fellow. Influenced by his father, a Baptist preacher, Murchison studied theology, but after 3 years at the Rochester Theological Seminary (1910-1913), he went to Yale, where he turned his attention to psychology and philosophy (1914-1916). Murchison received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Johns Hopkins University in 1923. He taught at Clark University from 1923 to 1936. During most of this time he served as the chair of the psychology department.

Contributions
Carl Murchison edited The Psychological Register in 1929, and the first Handbook of Social Psychology in 1935. He founded and served as editor of a total of five psychology journals, all of which still exist today.[1] These include the Journal of Psychology, the Journal of General Psychology, co-founded with Edward Titchener and the Journal of Social Psychology, co-founded with John Dewey.