Albert Moll

Born in Lissa, Prussia, on May 4, 1862, Albert Moll became a German neurologist, psychologist, and sexologist whose work helped shape the early scientific study of sexuality. He practiced in Berlin and wrote on subjects that were still controversial in his time, including hypnosis, suggestion, and sexual behavior.

Moll is often grouped with Iwan Bloch and Magnus Hirschfeld as one of the founders of modern sexology. He was also known for arguing forcefully with other major thinkers, including Hirschfeld and Sigmund Freud, which helped make him a vivid and sometimes contentious public voice in debates about medicine, morality, and sexual life.

Although he is less widely remembered today than some of his contemporaries, his books and case-based approach show how seriously he tried to treat sexuality as a subject for careful observation rather than taboo. He died in Berlin on September 23, 1939.