Hermann Ebbinghaus

Hermann Ebbinghaus
Born(1850-01-24)24 January 1850
Died26 February 1909(1909-02-26) (aged 59)
Known forSerial position effect
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Berlin
University of Breslau
University of Halle

Hermann Ebbinghaus (24 January 1850 – 26 February 1909) was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory. Ebbinghaus discovered the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was the first person to describe the learning curve. He was the father of the neo-Kantian philosopher Julius Ebbinghaus.