Wolfgang Horn (psychologist)
Wolfgang Otto Paul Gustav Adolf Horn (born March 20, 1919 in Opole , Silesia; † July 3, 2004 in Hayesville , North Carolina , United States ) was a professor of psychology and developer of the performance test system (LPS) and other personality and intelligence tests.
He served in the German Army in the 10th Panzer Division during World War II and was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in America and England. After the war, he acquired pre-diploma, diploma and doctoral degrees at the University of Marburg . He worked for the Hessian Ministry of Justice and in 1968 Raymond Cattell assisted for four months at the University of Illinois . In 1968 he brought his family to the United States and taught at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point for 15 years, becoming an expert on tests to measure intelligence and personality. His writings and photographs of German attacks on the Soviet Union and the Africa campaign during World War II were used in the TimeLife Third Reich Series , and interviews with him were shown on the History Channel. He spent his retirement in Clay County, North Carolina, teaching art classes at a community college.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbarossa , Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA 1990, pp. 135 f; The Southern Front , Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA 1991, p. 39 f
- ↑ Pointer Alumnus, Spring 2005, page 17
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| SURNAME | Horn, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horn, Wolfgang Otto Paul Gustav Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 2004 |
| Place of death | Hayesville , North Carolina , USA |