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Gustav Eckstein (psychologist)

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Gustav Eckstein
Born(1890-10-26)October 26, 1890
DiedSeptember 23, 1981(1981-09-23) (aged 90)

Gustav Eckstein was an American medical doctor, writer, scientist, teacher and philosopher.

Biography

Eckstein was born on 26 October 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.[1] Some of his books included

  • In Peace Japan Breeds War (1927)
  • Noguchi (1931) - a biography on Hideyo Noguchi - Japanese-American microbiologist
  • Lives (1932)
  • Kettle (1933)
  • Everyday Miracle (1934)
  • Hokusai (1935)
  • Canary (1936)
  • Christmas Eve (1938)
  • Friends of Mine (containing Lives and Canary) (1942)
  • The Pet Shop (1944) and
  • The Body Has a Head (1969), a best-seller.

He died in 1981.[2]

The character of Prof. Metz in Kaufman and Hart's 1939 play The Man Who Came to Dinner is based on Eckstein, only with cockroaches in the place of canaries.[citation needed]

In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Phil Connors, the character played by Bill Murray, is seen reading the book The Body Has a Head.

References

  1. ^ Annual Obituary, 1981, p. 601, Janet Podell
  2. ^ Cook, Joan (1981-09-25). "Gustav Eckstein, Psychologist". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
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