Otto Casmann

Otto Casmann
Born1562 (1562)
Warburg, Germany
Died1607 (aged 44–45)
Stade, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
University of Helmstedt
University of Heidelberg
Notable workPsychologia Anthropologica
(2 volumes)
EraRenaissance Humanism
Main interests
Philosophy
Theology
Anthropology
Psychology
Notable ideas
Coined definition of anthropology

Otto Casmann (1562 – 1 August 1607)[1] (also known by the Latinized name Casmannus) was a German humanist who converted from Catholicism to Protestantism as a young man.

  1. ^ Fernando Vidal (1 December 2011). The Sciences of the Soul: The Early Modern Origins of Psychology. University of Chicago Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-226-85588-2.