Edmund Smith Conklin (April 19, 1884 – October 6, 1942) was an American author and psychologist.
He was born in New Britain, Connecticut on April 19, 1884. He attended Clark University when G. Stanley Hall was a leading teacher. He graduated in psychology from Springfield College and Clark University.[1] He was a professor and chairman of the department of psychology at Indiana University.[2] He served at various times as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and Syracuse University.[3] He wrote books on abnormal psychology, anomalistic psychology and the psychology of religion.[4]
He died in a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana on October 6, 1942.