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Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801–1887)
Fechner, Gustav Theodor (feċh’ner). A German humorist and writer on physics and psychiatry; born in Great Särchen in the Niederlausitz, April 19, 1801; died in Leipsic, Nov. 18, 1887. His works on purely scientific topics, ‘Elements of Psychophysics’ (1860) and ‘Text Book of Experimental Physics’ among them, and his ‘Three Motives and Grounds of Faith’ (1863), have made him eminent; while under the name of “Doctor Mises” he wrote various popular tales and fancies, notably ‘A Proof that the Moon is Made of Iodine’ (1821); ‘Comparative Anatomy of the Angels’ (1825); and ‘The Little Book of Life after Death’ (1836).