Haward, Lionel

  • Haward, Lionel R. C. (1920-1988)
Date:
1952-1998
Reference:
PSY/HAW
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Contains the published and unpublished writings of Lionel Haward, including articles, reprints, and journal extracts.

Publication/Creation

1952-1998

Physical description

4 files

Arrangement

Arranged by series as follows:

1. Papers and Articles

2. Reprints

Other numbers in this catalogue refer to the numbering system used by the previous owners, the British Psychological Society.

Acquisition note

Deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in September 2008.

Biographical note

The psychologist Lionel R. C. Haward (1920-1988) first worked as an Assistant Personnel Officer in Aldershot. During the Second World War he served as an Instructor in the Technical Training Command of the Royal Air Force (RAF), later working with RAF Police Head Quarters in Germany. In 1946 he went to Bristol University to study chemistry and psychology, graduating in 1950. He remained at Bristol to take his MA, then studied at Leyden University in the Netherlands for his Doctorate, and was awarded the Queen Wilhelmina Academic Medal in 1952. Professor Haward then held appointments at hospitals in Bristol, Durham and Chichester. He joined Surrey University in 1973 as reader in Clinical Psychology and Director of the MSc. Course in Clinical Psychology.

During the 1960s and 1970s Professor Haward was involved as an expert witness in many notable criminal trials including those of Donald Neilson, the 'Black Panthers', John Stonehouse M.P. and the well-known 'OZ trials'. He also presented evidence before Lord Butler's commission on the Mentally Abnormal Offender, Lord Devlin's Committee on Identification, and Lord Fisher's enquiry into the Confait Confessions.

In 1970 the International Academy of Forensic Psychology presented him with the Holmes-Munsterberg Award for 'the highest achievement in contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field of forensic psychology'. After Professor Haward's retirement from Surrey University in 1987 he worked as an honorary consultant psychologist to the Chichester Health Trust and Nanhurst Children's Hospital, in addition to occasional work on court cases and scientific papers. In addition to his professional interests, Haward edited a magazine for RAF stamp collectors. He was a fellow of the British Psychological Society and offered Honorary Life Membership in 1997.

Notes

Compiled by the Cataloguing Project Archivist at the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre, with minor editing by Wellcome staff.

Ownership note

Previously held by the History of Psychology Centre (accession 0031).

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Accession number

  • 1611