Wilhelm Maximilian (Wilhelm) Wundt (1832–1920)

German psychologist. PhD in medicine, University of Heidelberg, 1855. Assistant to Hermann von Helmholtz at Heidelberg, 1858–63, focusing on the physiology of sense perception. Professor extraordinarius, 1864–70; professor, 1871–3. Professor of philosophy, University of Leipzig, 1875. Established the Institute for Experimental Psychology at Leipzig in 1879. In his later career, concentrated on the development of language, myth, and art (or ‘folk psychology’).