Editing Hermann Ebbinghaus (section)

==Early life==
Ebbinghaus was born in [[Barmen]], in the [[Rhine Province]] of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], as the son of a wealthy merchant, Carl Ebbinghaus. Little is known about his infancy except that he was brought up in the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] faith and was a pupil at the town [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]]. At the age of 17 (1867), he began attending the [[University of Bonn]], where he had planned to study [[history]] and [[philology]]. However, during his time there he developed an interest in [[philosophy]]. In 1870, his studies were interrupted when he served with the Prussian Army in the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. Following this short stint in the military, Ebbinghaus finished his dissertation on [[Eduard von Hartmann]]'s ''{{lang|de|Philosophie des Unbewussten}}'' (philosophy of the unconscious) and received his doctorate on 16 August 1873, when he was 23 years old. During the next three years, he spent time at [[University of Halle|Halle]] and [[University of Berlin|Berlin]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Wozniak, R. H. |year=1999|url=http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Ebbinghaus/wozniak.htm |title=Classics in Psychology, 1855-1915 Historical Essays W|place=Bristol| publisher=Thoemmes Press}}</ref>