Max Wertheimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Wertheimer

Co-founder of Gestalt psychology

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1880

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1943

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Max Wertheimer (April 15, 1880 – October 12, 1943) was an Austro-Hungarian-born psychologist who was one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler.
He is known for his book, Productive Thinking, and for conceiving the phi phenomenon as part of his work in Gestalt psychology. Wertheimer became interested in psychology and studied under Carl Stumpf at the University of Berlin.
Wertheimer then went on to obtain his PhD in 1904 under Oswald Külpe, at the University of Würzburg and then began his intellectual career teaching at the Frankfurt University.
For a short time he left Frankfurt to work at the Berlin Psychological Institute, but returned in 1929 as a full professor.
Wertheimer eventually ended up on the faculty of The New School in New York, a position he held until his death.