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BORN
Wilhelm Wundt was the son of Lutheran parents Maximilian Wundt and Marie Frederike, born on August 16, 1832 in Baden, Germany. -
STARTED HIS STUDIES
He then pursued higher studies from the ‘University of Tübingen’, later completing his graduation in medicine from the ‘University of Heidelberg’ in 1856. -
BECAME A LECTURER
Returning to his alma mater at Heidelberg, in 1858, he took up the position of a lecturer in physiology, assisting physicist Hermann von Helmhotz in his research. -
2ND BOOK
‘Vorlesungen über die Menschen und Thierseele’ (‘Lectures on the Mind of Humans and Animals’) published in1863 comprised of the lectures he delivered on psychology. Through his lectures he made efforts to establish psychology as a branch of science. -
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY
The university appointed him as an Assistant Professor of Physiology, -
OPENED PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY
In 1879, the world’s first psychological laboratory was established at the ‘University of Leipzig’ under Wundt’s guidance. -
FOUNDED A JOURNAL
He then founded a journal ‘Philosophische Studien’ (‘Philosophical Studies’), in 1881, which published the findings of the research activity undertaken by Wilhelm’s laboratory. -
HE PASSED AWAY
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FIRST BOOK
He also penned his first book on psychology ‘Beiträge zur Theorie der Sinneswahrnehmung’ (‘Contributions to the Theory of Sense Perception’) during 1858–62.