Hans Walter Gruhle

Hans Walter Gruhle (7 November 1880, in Lübben – 3 October 1958) was a German psychiatrist known for his work on the relationship between criminology and psychology.[1]

Gruhle was educated in Leipzig, Würzburg, and Munich, receiving his first doctorate in Munich in 1904 under the supervision of Emil Kraepelin.[2] In 1905, he joined the psychology department at Heidelberg University, remaining there for almost 30 years.[2] Soon after he began working at Heidelberg, he met Max Weber and his wife, Marianne Weber. He subsequently advised Weber's work in the field of experimental psychology.[3] He received his second doctorate, a habilitation, from Heidelberg.[4]

His most notable work was "Comprehending Psychology" (1948), which discusses the relationship between psychology and other sciences.[2] He also wrote journal articles about such topics as the sterilization of criminals[1] and the utility of the ergograph.[3]

References
  1. Wetzell, Richard F. (2003). Inventing the Criminal: A History of German Criminology, 1880-1945. University of North Carolina Press. p. 244.
  2. Sass, Henning (2009). Anthology of German Psychiatric Texts. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 333–4.
  3. Turner, Stephen (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Weber. Cambridge University Press. p. 69.
  4. Bruun, Hans Henrik (2012). Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings. Routledge. p. 405.
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