Bruno Petermann
Bruno Max Wilhelm Petermann (1898-1941) was a German psychology professor who published one of the early textbooks on Gestalt theory.
Life
Petermann was born on 15 March 1898 in Kiel.[1] He took a doctorate in the University of Kiel in 1921.[2] He taught in Dortmund, Kiel and Altona and then became a professor at the Hamburg teacher training college from 1936 to 1939.[1][2] Whilst at Hamburg Petermann spent time teaching in Shanghai.[2]
Petermann became a member of the Nazi party in 1937 and in 1939 was made Professor of Psychology and Education in the University of Göttingen.[2]
Petermann died on 11 Feb 1941 in Hamburg.[1]
Works
- Das Gestaltproblem in der Psychologie im Lichte analytischer Besinnung, 1931. Barth, Leipzig. Translated into English as:
- The Gestalt Theory and the Problem of Configuration,1932. Translated by Meyer Fortes. The International Library of Psychology, Philosophy, and Scientific Method. Kegan Paul, London.
- Trigonometry, 1938. Diesterweg, Frankfurt.
Biography
- Deutsches biographisches Archiv II 994, 444; III 696, 187.
References
- ^ a b c "Petermann, Bruno @ HPK". www.hpk.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ a b c d "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-03-06.