Biography:Franz Samelson
Franz Samelson | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 23, 1923 Breslau, Germany |
| Died | March 16, 2015 (aged 91) Manhattan, Kansas |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Munich University of Michigan |
| Known for | Work on the history of psychology |
| Spouse(s) | Phoebe Samelson (m. 1955–2015) |
| Children | Karen Samelson |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social psychology |
| Institutions | Kansas State University |
| Thesis | Group pressure and incongruity in the cognitive field as determinants of conformity (1956) |
Franz Samelson (September 23, 1923 – March 16, 2015) was a German-American social psychologist and historian of psychology.[1]
Samelson was born on September 23, 1923 in present-day Wroclaw, Poland (then known as Breslau, Germany ).[1] Prohibited by the laws of Nazi Germany from attending any German universities, he instead attended a photography school in Munich, where he later worked in a factory with prisoners of war. After World War II ended, he began working for the United States Army. He also enrolled at the University of Munich, where he received a diploma in psychology in 1952.[2]
In 1952, he emigrated to the United States, following his older brother Hans. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1956.[2] He joined the faculty of Kansas State University in 1957, where he remained until retiring as Professor in 1990.[1]
Samelson died on March 16, 2015, in Manhattan, Kansas .[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harris, Ben (January 2016). "Franz Samelson (1923-2015)". The American Psychologist 71 (1): 76. doi:10.1037/a0039683. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 26766769.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Obituaries". Psytalk (Kansas State University): 8. Fall 2015. https://www.k-state.edu/psych/alumni/psytalk%202015.pdf. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
Further reading
- Morawski, Jill (2015-12-11). "Franz Samelson and a Conundrum" (in en). Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 52 (1): 67–70. doi:10.1002/jhbs.21770. ISSN 0022-5061. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jhbs.21770.
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