Richard, baron von Krafft-Ebing: Quick Facts

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Born	August 14, 1840 • Mannheim • Germany
Died	December 22, 1902 (aged 62) • near Graz • Austria
Notable Works	“Psychopathia Sexualis”
Subjects Of Study	psychopathology • human sexual activity

Heinrich Heine

German author

Carl Schmitt

German jurist and political theorist

Karl Haushofer

German officer and political geographer

Otto Perl

German author

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar

Johann Gerhard

German theologian

Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling

German author

Karl Krumbacher

German scholar

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian-German poet

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychiatrist

Pierre-Félix Guattari

French psychiatrist and philosopher

Hermann Rorschach

Swiss psychiatrist

Peter Bichsel

Swiss author

Friedrich Naumann

German social and political theorist

Rolf Hochhuth

German writer

Konrad Kujau

German author

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Wilhelm Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher