The history of psychology in Britain and the founding of “the centre for the history of psychology”<FNR></FNR><FN>This is a slightly revised version of an informal paper presented at the meetings of the European Society for the History of Human Sciences, held at the University of Durham 28 August–1 September 1998. The informal framework has been substantially preserved. </FN>

Discusses the history of psychology in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. British-authored undergraduate writings on the topic of psychology; Comparison of the history of psychology with medicine and psychiatry; Problems in the accessibility and storage of the resource materials on psychology; Developments in the history of psychology by mid-1980s; Fundamental problem with the field of history of psychology in Britain; Factors which affect the process behind institutional change and development of the history of psychology in Great Britain.