Ernst Meumann
German psychologist, educationist and philosopher
About Ernst Meumann
Lived 1862 – 1915 (aged 52). Ernst Meumann was a German psychologist, pedagogue, philosopher and university teacher.
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Meumann (29 August 1862, Uerdingen, Krefeld – 26 April 1915, Hamburg, German Empire) was a German educator, pedagogist and psychologist, the co-founder of experimental pedagogy (the other is Wilhelm August Lay).
Works Die Sprache des Kindes (1903) Über Ökonomie und Technik des Lernens (1903) Der Verzug des Schuldners nach dem Recht des BGB für das Deutsche Reich (1907, 1911) Intelligenz und Wille. (1908, 1913, 1920, 1925) Ökonomie und Technik des Gedächtnisses (1908) Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die experimentelle Pädagogik (1907, 1912, 1920) System der Ästhetik (1914) Abriss der experimentellen Pädagogik (1914) The psychology of learning: an experimental investigation of the economy and technique of memory. 2012, Nabu press. ISBN 9781279520284
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German psychologist, educationist and philosopher (1862–1915)
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Ernst Meumann was born on 29 August 1862 in Uerdingen.
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Ernst Meumann died on 26 April 1915 in Hamburg.
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Ernst Meumann was a psychologist, pedagogue, philosopher and university teacher.
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Ernst Meumann was German.
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