Joseph Henry Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Joseph Henry? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Joseph Henry from Physics & Astronomy and what is the personality traits.
INTP (5w6)
Joseph Henry personality type is INTP, a conclusion supported by personal interviews with him, as well as a review of his writings and recorded conversations.
Though a few analysts today question his necessity as a type, given that he was a scientist, not a psychologist or psychiatrist, his writings and recorded conversations with colleagues and friends are unmatched in making a case for his type. In addition to his own writings, Henry was also a prolific contributor to the professional literature of the time. In addition to the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, articles appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Monthly, The New York Tribune, and several other magazines. And he was a frequent collaborator with others on articles, essays, and books.
On a scientific level he is seen as a pioneer in a new scientific field of study, that of parapsychology, but more specifically as the first person to attempt to objectively measure psychical or paranormal events. In addition to his voluminous writings on the subject of psychic research, many of which were never published during his lifetime because he felt they would be rejected as folly by the scientific community, Henry was also known for his meticulous and careful research methods.
Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. He was highly regarded during his lifetime. While building electromagnets, Henry discovered the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance.
