Geissler, L. R.

Basic Biographical Information

Geissler (1879–1932) was born in Leipzig, Germany. After being graduated from the 8th grade in the public schools in Leipzig, he was graduated from the King of Saxony’s Teachers Seminar at Loebau in 1901. He also received a State Teacher’s Certificate and permission to enroll at the University of Leipzig; however, he began teaching and never enrolled at the University. He attended a few of Wilhelm Wundt’s lectures as a Hospitant(Guest listener); Wundt is the generally acknowledged founder of psychology as an independent academic discipline. In 1902, Geissler immigrated to Galveston, Texas, where he had a brother, and in 1903 he enrolled in the University of Texas. Transferring course credits from the King of Saxony’s Teachers Seminar enabled Geissler to be graduated from the University of Texas in 1905. In 1905, he enrolled at Cornell University as a student of Edward Bradford Titchener, who had earned his Ph.D. under Wundt. Geissler earned his Cornell...