About Hans Walter Gruhle
Lived 1880 – 1958 (aged 77). Hans Walter Gruhle was a German psychiatrist and university teacher.
Hans Walter Gruhle (7 November 1880, in Lübben – 3 October 1958) was a German psychiatrist known for his work on the relationship between criminology and psychology.
Gruhle was educated in Leipzig, Würzburg, and Munich, receiving his first doctorate in Munich in 1904 under the supervision of Emil Kraepelin. Soon after he began working at Heidelberg, he met Max Weber and his wife, Marianne Weber. He subsequently advised Weber's work in the field of experimental psychology.
His most notable work was "Comprehending Psychology" (1948), which discusses the relationship between psychology and other sciences.
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German psychiatrist (1880–1958)
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Hans Walter Gruhle was born on 7 November 1880 in Lübben (Spreewald).
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Hans Walter Gruhle died on 3 October 1958 in Bonn.
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Hans Walter Gruhle was a psychiatrist and university teacher.
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Hans Walter Gruhle was German.
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