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Bruno Petermann

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Bruno Max Wilhelm Petermann (1898-1941) was a German psychology professor who published one of the early textbooks on Gestalt theory.

Life

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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 February 1941 in Hamburg.[1]

Works

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Biography

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  • Deutsches biographisches Archiv II 994, 444; III 696, 187.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Petermann, Bruno @ HPK". www.hpk.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2023-03-06.