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Ernst Heinrich Weber

1795 - 1878

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Ernst Heinrich Weber (; German: [ˈveːbɐ]; 24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878) was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology. Ernst Weber was born into an academic background, with his father serving as a professor at the University of Wittenberg. Weber became a doctor, specializing in anatomy and physiology. Two of his younger brothers, Wilhelm and Eduard, were also influential in academia, both as scientists with one specializing in physics and the other in anatomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Heinrich Weber is the 49th most popular psychologist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Germany (up from 965th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 49 out of 235Before him are Sabina Spielrein, Donald Winnicott, Wolfgang Köhler, Alfred Kinsey, Max Wertheimer, and Milton H. Erickson. After him are Elton Mayo, Kurt Koffka, Solomon Asch, Sándor Ferenczi, Martin Seligman, and Antonio Damasio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 9Before him are Leopold von Ranke, John Keats, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. After him are Rowland Hill, Gabriel Lamé, Antonio José de Sucre, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Dred Scott, and Saverio Mercadante. Among people deceased in 1878, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 12Before him are Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, and George V of Hanover. After him are Angelo Secchi, Władysław Tarnowski, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Antoine César Becquerel, Henri Victor Regnault, and Nikolay Nekrasov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 768 out of 7,253Before him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Berti Vogts (1946), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), George V of Hanover (1819), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), and Werner Mölders (1913). After him are Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Anna Seghers (1900), Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), and Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 7Before him are Erich Fromm (1900), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erik Erikson (1902), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Karen Horney (1885), and Hans Eysenck (1916). After him are Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), Karl Abraham (1877), and Ernst Kretschmer (1888).