Wilhelm Maximilian (Wilhelm) Wundt
1832–1920
German psychologist. PhD in medicine, University of Heidelberg, 1855. Assistant to Hermann von Helmholtz at Heidelberg, 1858–63, focusing on the physiology of sense perception. Professor extraordinarius, 1864–70; professor, 1871–3. Professor of philosophy, University of Leipzig, 1875. Established the Institute for Experimental Psychology at Leipzig in 1879. In his later career, concentrated on the development of language, myth, and art (or ‘folk psychology’).
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DSB
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
