Willibald Franz Kammel
Willibald Franz Kammel (born May 27, 1879 in Steinschönau , Tetschen district , Bohemia , † April 16, 1953 in Vienna ) was an Austrian educator and psychologist.
Life
Kammel was an older brother of architect Leo Kammel . He studied at the universities of Vienna, Grenoble, Salzburg, Hamburg and Leipzig (Dr. phil. 1903). He then worked first as a high school teacher, then as a lecturer at the Lower Austrian State Teachers' Academy in Vienna, and in 1913 founded the first institute for experimental psychology and youth studies. In 1919 he completed his habilitation in psychology and education.
Kammel was an associate professor at the University of Vienna from 1931 to 1949, and venia legendi was withdrawn from 1938–1945 .
Kammel invented the esthesiometer (a sensation and perception meter) and published numerous scientific works (The First Individual Memory, 1912; Experimental Studies on Expression Symptoms of Attention, 1920; The College of Education, 1922 etc.).
In 1956, the Langenzersdorfer Weg in Vienna was renamed Kammelweg by a municipal council resolution on October 17th.
Individual evidence
- ↑ venia legendi
- ↑ Kammelweg in Vienna History Wiki of the city of Vienna
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kammel, Willibald Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kammel, Willibald Franz Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian educator and psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinschönau , Tetschen District , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1953 |
| Place of death | Vienna |