Georg Heinrich Schneider
1846–1904
German educator and writer on animal psychology. Studied philosophy and pedagogy at Leipzig and Jena; attended Ernst Haeckel’s lectures at Jena, from around 1869. Worked at the German school in Naples, where he built a small aquarium to pursue his research on animal psychology, 1878–80. Was refused a place at the Zoological Station at Naples, partly due to lack of qualifications, but also because of his conflict with Anton Dohrn, the director. Emigrated to Chile in 1889; founder and first director of the German School in Santiago, 1891. Co-founder and first director of the Instituto Pedagógico, a teacher-training college, 1892.
Sources
Groeben ed. 1985, p. 298
Heuss 1991, p. 225
James 1983, p. 393
Lucidi 2009, pp. 21–5
Bibliography
Groeben, Christiane, ed. 1985a. Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896) Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) Briefwechsel. With the assistance of Klaus Hierholzer; historical introduction by Ernst Florey. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
Heuss, Theodor. 1991. Anton Dohrn: a life for science. Translated from the German by Liselotte Dieckmann. Berlin and New York: Springer Verlag.
James, William. 1983. Essays in psychology. Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press.
Lucidi, Nora. 2009. Die deutsche Schule Santiago de Chile: Gründung und frühe Entwicklung. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.
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