Gustav Fechner
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a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind)

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Born
Gustav Theodor Fechner 19 April 1801 Groß Särchen (near Muskau ), Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
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Died
18 November 1887 (aged 86) Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire
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Nationality
German
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Fields
Experimental psychology
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Institutions
Leipzig University
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Germany
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Education
Medizinische Akademie Carl Gustav Carus Leipzig University (PhD, 1835)
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era
1800+
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Influenced
Gerardus Heymans Wilhelm Wundt William James Alfred North Whitehead Charles Hartshorne Ernst Weber Sigmund Freud Friedrich Paulsen Ludwig von Bertalanffy
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Influences
Immanuel Kant
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Notable students
Hermann Lotze
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Thesis
De variis intensitatem vis Galvanicae metiendi methodis (1835)