Johann Maass, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Maass

German psychologist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1766

Place of Birth: Krottorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1823

Profession: writer, psychologist, author

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Johann Gebhard Ehrenreich Maass (German: Maaß; February 26, 1766 – December 23, 1823) was a German psychologist. Maass was born in 1766 in Krottendorf near Halberstadt.
In 1791 he became an extraordinary professor of philosophy, and in 1798 a full professor.
Among his writings on psychology are Versuche: Über die Einbildungskraft (1792; 2nd ed.
1797), Über die Leidenschaften (1805–1807), and Über die Gefühle und Affekte (1811).
He died in Halle in 1823.