William Stern
Psychologist, Academic
1871 – 1938
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Who was William Stern?
William Stern, born Wilhelm Louis Stern, was a German psychologist and philosopher noted as a pioneer in the field of the psychology of personality and intelligence. He was the inventor of the concept of the intelligence quotient, or IQ, later used by Lewis Terman and other researchers in the development of the first IQ tests, based on the work of Alfred Binet. He was the father of the German writer and philosopher Günther Anders. In 1897, Stern invented the tone variator, allowing him to research human perception of sound in an unprecedented way.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1871
Berlin - Also known as
- Штерн, Уильям
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Employment
- University of Hamburg
- Duke University
- Lived in
- Berlin
- Died
- Mar 27, 1938
Durham
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on July 23, 2013
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