Hugo Munsterberg

From Philosopedia

Hugo Münsterberg (1 June 1863 - 17 December 1916)

A German-American psychologist and pioneer in applied psychology, Münsterberg was born in Danzig.

In 1883 he received his Ph. D. in psychology at the University of Leipzig and his M.D. in 1887 at Heidelberg. That same year, he married Selma Oppler of Strasbourg.

Münsterberg met William James in 1891 and was invited to become chair of the psychology lab at Harvard, where he served for three years.

In 1895 he returned to Freisburg due to uncertainties of settling in America. However, in 1897 he returned to Harvard in response to urgent invitation from James and Harvard’s president. In 1898 he was elected President of the American Psychological Association (APA), and in 1910 he was appointed exchange Professor from Harvard to the University of Berlin. He remained at Harvard until his sudden death in 1916 while on a lecture platform

A biographical sketch at an Earlham College website includes pictures and an obituary by William Stern.