Henri Wallon was born in Paris on June 15 1879. He died on December 2 1962.
Education and professional career
- 1899 : École normale supérieure
- 1902 : Agrégation in philosophy
- 1902-1903 : Teacher at Bar-le-Duc high school
- 1903-1906 : Boarder at the Fondation Thiers
- 1908 : Prepares medical thesis on delusions of persecution
- 1908-1931 : Assistant to Jean Nageotte at Bicêtre and then at La Salpêtrière
- 1922 : Lecturer in psychology at the Sorbonne and practices medical-pedagogical consultations
- 1922 : Creates a child psychobiology laboratory at Boulogne-Billancourt
- 1925 : Submits thesis
- 1925 : Director of studies at the Ecole pratique des hautes études
- 1927 : President of the French Psychological Society
- 1929 : Professor at the Institut National d'Orientation Professionnelle
- 1937-1949 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Child Psychology and Education
- 1948 : Founded Enfance magazine with Hélène Gratiot-Alphandéry
- 1949 : Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
- 1952 : Teaching chair in Krakow
Awards and honors
- Croix de guerre (1914-1918)
- Louis Liard Prize