Gustav Eckstein (psychologist)

Gustav Eckstein was an American medical doctor, writer, scientist, teacher and philosopher.

Gustav Eckstein
Born1890
Died1981

Biography

Eckstein was born on 26 October 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.[1] Some of his books included

  • In Peace Japan Breeds War (1927)
  • Noguchi (1931) - a biography on Hideyo Noguchi - Japanese-American microbiologist
  • Lives (1932)
  • Kettle (1933)
  • Everyday Miracle (1934)
  • Hokusai (1935)
  • Canary (1936)
  • Christmas Eve (1938)
  • Friends of Mine (containing Lives and Canary) (1942)
  • The Pet Shop (1944) and
  • The Body Has a Head (1969), a best-seller.

He died in 1981.[2]

The character of Prof. Metz in Kaufman and Hart's 1939 play The Man Who Came to Dinner is based on Eckstein, only with cockroaches in the place of canaries.

References
  1. Annual Obituary, 1981, p. 601, Janet Podell
  2. Cook, Joan (1981-09-25). "Gustav Eckstein, Psychologist". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
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