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Hermann Ebbinghaus
Barmen 1850 - Halle 1909
Hermann Ebbinghaus, scholar of psychology. Contract professor in Berlin (1880), full professor first in Wrocław (1894) then in Halle (1905).
Main works: Über das Gedächtnis: Untersuchungen zur experimentellen Psychologie (Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot 1885); Grundzüge der Psychologie (Leipzig, Veit 1897); Grundzüge der Psychologie (3 vol., Leipzig, Veit 1902-1913); Psychologie (Berlin-Leipzig, Teubner 1907); Abriss der Psychologie (Leipzig, Veit 1908).
Bibliography: D. Shakow, Hermann Ebbinghaus, «The American Journal of Psychology», XLII, 1930, 4, pp. 505-518; K.M. Dallenbach, Ebbinghaus’ Bibliography, Lancaster, American Psychological Association 1954; Human memory and cognitive capabilities: mechanisms and performances. Symposium in memoriam Hermann Ebbinghaus, ed. by F. Klix and H. Hagendorf, 2 vol., Amsterdam, North-Holland 1986; H.J. Lander, Hermann Ebbinghaus – ein Pionier der experimentellen Psychologie, Weinheim [s.n.t.] 2005.