author
Alfred Lehmann
b. 1853
A pioneering Danish psychologist, he helped establish experimental psychology in Copenhagen and also wrote widely read books on superstition, magic, and the occult. His work blends laboratory thinking with a strong curiosity about the stranger corners of human belief.
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by Alfred Lehmann
About the author
Born in Copenhagen on December 29, 1858, Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann was a Danish psychologist who became one of the early builders of experimental psychology in Denmark. Sources describe him as a student of Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig, and after returning to Copenhagen he founded a psychophysical laboratory that became closely tied to the University of Copenhagen.
He held academic posts there from 1890 onward and was later appointed professor. Alongside his scientific work, he became well known for studying superstition, magic, and related beliefs, bringing a skeptical, research-minded approach to topics that were often treated more sensationally.
Lehmann died in Copenhagen on September 26, 1921. He is also remembered as the father of seismologist Inge Lehmann, but his own reputation rests on helping make psychology a more independent experimental science in Denmark.