James Cardno was born in Parkhill, Longside, Aberdeenshire, on 5 Jan 1915, and graduated from the University of Aberdeen, MA 1938. Lectures attended there, delivered by Rex Knight, Anderson Lecturer in Comparative Psychology, developed an interest in psychology, which was pursued at Cambridge, from where he graduated in 1940. Following graduation he worked for a short time, for the British Civil Service in London, before emigrating to Australia (as earlier generations of his family had done), where he embarked upon a long and distinguished academic career. He began lecturing in social psychology in 1947 at the invitation of Professor W.M. O'Neil, whilst he was employed as Director of Social Studies at Sydney University, and in 1949 moved to the Psychology Department as lecturer. In Feb 1950 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Education at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, and the following year was made Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, being promoted to Professor in Oct 1965. On his retirement, in Jan 1991, he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus. He died on 15 Aug 1992.
From the guide to the Papers of Professor-Emeritus James A. Cardno, 1991 - 1992, (University of Aberdeen)
