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The alphabetical listing of names contained in this database is given below. Each name is accompanied by birth and death dates and a brief global statement. Click on any name to access text and photos of artifacts for that person. See LINKS page for additional information relating to these people.
Broca, Paul (1824-1880). French physician, for whom a speech area of the brain is named.
Darwin, Charles (1809-1892). British co-originator of theory of evolution.
Fechner, Gustav Theodor (1801-1887). German originator of psychophysics.
Freud, Anna (1895-1982). Daughter of Sigmund Freud. Originator of childhood analysis. Founder of Anna Freud Centre.
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939). Austrian originator of Psychoanalysis. Major influence in psychology.
Gall, Franz Joseph (1758-1828). Austrian physician; founder of phrenology.
Galton, Sir Francis (1822-1911). Half-cousin to Darwin. British originator of study of individual differences. Father of human eugenics.
Hauser, Kaspar (1812?-1833). German. Young man of mysterious origins.
Itard, Jean Marc (1775-1838). French physician who worked with Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste (1744-1829). French naturalist and early evolutionary theorist.
Mueller, Georg (1850-1934). German scientist who founded psychology laboratory at Goettingen.
Piaget, Jean (1896-1980). Swiss originator of theory of cognitive development. Major influence in psychology.
Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar (1776-1832). German popularizer of phrenology. Disciple of Gall.
Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron (1788?-1828). French. The classical feral child.
Wundt, Wilhelm (1832-1920). German founder of experimental psychology, Leipzig, 1879.