Christiana Morgan

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday October 6, 1897

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Massachusetts

DEATH DATE Mar 14, 1967 (69)

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About

Harvard psychoanalyst who helped to develop the Thematic Apperception Test, a psychological instrument that uses pictures to reveal a person's core needs. She is also known for her lengthy love affair with fellow psychologist Henry Murray.

Before fame

During the 1918 flu outbreak, she worked in New York City as a nurse.

Trivia

She was a painter as well as a psychologist, and her artwork was featured prominently in the Thematic Apperception Test.

Family life

She married William Morgan in 1919. They had a son, Thomas.

Associated with

Her hypnosis sessions with psychiatrist Carl Jung inspired her to begin work on the Thematic Apperception Test.