Father Of Experimental Psychology Wilhelm Woundt

Wilhelm Wundt Born in Baden (now Mannheim) 

Germany, Wilhelm Wundt was 

the fourth child in a family with 

a long history of intellectual 

achievement. His father was a 

Lutheran minister. The young 

Wundt was allowed little time for 

play, as he was pushed through 

a rigorous educational regime, 

attending a strict Catholic school 

from the age of 13. He went on to 

study at the universities of Berlin, 

Tübingen, and Heidelberg, 

graduating in medicine in 1856. 

Two years later, Wundt became 

assistant to the physician Hermann 

von Helmholtz, who was famous 

for his work on visual perception. 

While at Heidelberg, Wundt 

started teaching the world’s first 

course in experimental 

psychology, and in 1879 opened 

the first psychology laboratory. 

Wundt wrote over 490 works 

and was probably the world’s 

most prolific scientific writer.

“ THE BEGINNINGS OF THE

 MENTAL LIFE DATE FROM THE

 BEGINNINGS OF LIFE "

WILHELM WUNDT (1832–1920)