Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physician, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern
psychology. Wundt, who noted psychology as a
science apart from biology and philosophy, was the first person to ever call himself a
psychologist. He is widely regarded as the "father of
experimental psychology". In 1879, Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research at the
University of Leipzig. This marked psychology as an independent field of study. A
Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Wundt as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with
Edwin Boring,
John Dewey, and
Amos Tversky.