A biographical note on Max Friedrich (1856-1887), Wundt's first PhD student in experimental psychology

摘要

This article unveils some previously unknown facts about the short life of Max Friedrich (1856-1887), the author in 1881 of the first PhD dissertation on experimental psychology, written under the supervision of Wilhelm Wundt: On the Duration of Apperception for Simple and Complex Visual Stimuli. The article describes Friedrich's family background and life, professional career as a teacher, and works in psychology and mathematics.