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Hannah Steinberg 1924-2019
Pioneer of psychopharmacology and former editor of the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society.
07 February 2020
Hannah Steinberg, a pioneer of psychopharmacology and key figure in the British Psychological Society, died in December. She was editor of our predecessor, the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, from 1956-1962, as well as being Founder and first Hon Sec of the Sports and Exercise Section (she was interested in mood enhancement effect of exercise). She was proud of being elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society in 2000.
In 2001 she wrote for The Psychologist with 'a brief history of the Society logo' – see tinyurl.com/psychehist