Brief Biography, Hans Eysenck

     Hans Eysenck was born in Germany on March 4, 1916. His father is an actor and her mother divorced when he was 2 years old. Eysenck and cared for by his grandmother until the age of 18 years.

     At that time, the Nazis came to power, and as a Jewish sympathizer, Hans was threatened. He then moved to England to continue his education. He received a doctorate in psychology from the University of London in 1940.

     During World War II, he worked as a psychologist at the emergency of war. It was here, he did research on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses. The study is then made ​​strongly opposed to psychology clinics throughout his career.

   After the war, he taught at the University of London and became chairman of psychology at The Institute of Psychiatry in Bethlehem Royal Hospital.

   Hans, has written 75 books and about 700 articles, and is considered one of the most respected writers of psychology. Eysenck retired in 1983 and continued working until he died on September 4, 1997.

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