Wilfred Trotter was born. An eminent surgeon and pioneer in neurosurgery, Trotter was also renowned for his contribution to social psychology. Building on the theories of group and crowd psychology espoused by Gustave Le Bon, Trotter wrote a number of influential books on herd mentality and instincts, most notably ‘The Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War’ first published in February 1916.
In a wonderful passage in the preface to The Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, Trotter notes that 'the science of psychology is not the mass of dreary and indefinite generalities of which it sometimes perhaps seems to be made up… but is in fact capable of becoming a guide in the actual affairs of life and of giving an understanding of the human mind such as may enable us in a practical and useful way to foretell some of the course of human behaviour.’
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