Gustav Fechner
German physicist and philosopher
Gustav Theodor Fechner was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics, he inspired many 20th-century scientists and philosophers. Wikipedia
Born: April 19, 1801, Żarki Wielkie, Poland
Died: November 18, 1887 (age 86 years), Leipzig, Germany
Influenced: Wilhelm Wundt, Ernst Heinrich Weber, William James, and more
Education: Leipzig University and Evangelisches Kreuzgymnasium
Parents: Johanna Dorothea Fechner and Samuel Traugott Fechner
Siblings: Eduard Clemens Fechner and Clementine Wieck Fechner