Ernst Heinrich Weber (24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878)[1] was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology.

Ernst Weber was born into an academic background, with his father serving as a professor at the University of Wittenberg.

Ernst Heinrich Weber was born on 24 June 1795 in Wittenberg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire.

At a young age, Weber became interested in physics and the sciences after being heavily influenced by Ernst Chladni, a physicist often referred to as the “father of acoustics”.

[2] Weber completed secondary school at Meissen and began studying medicine at the University of Wittenberg in 1811.

[1] Ernst Weber’s first direct contribution to psychology came in 1834 when trying to describe the sensation of touch (De Pulsu, Resorptione, Auditu et Tactu.

The following items are part of Weber’s contributions the experimental psychology: Studied flow and movement of waves in liquids and elastic tubes.

[10] Weber's work on the tactile senses was published in Latin as De Subtilitate Tactus (1834), and in German as Der Tastsinn und das Gemeingefühl in 1846.

Weber’s work made a significant impact on the field of experimental psychology, as he was one of the first scientist to test his ideas on humans.

His meticulous notes and new ideas of testing subjects described in his book Der tastsinn und das gemeingefühl (English: "The sense of touch and the common sensibility") led E. B. Titchener to call the work "the foundation stone of experimental psychology".

[12] The book that described blood circulation research, Wellenlehre, auf Experimenten gegrϋndet (English: "Wave Theory, Founded on Experiments") became instantly recognized as very important to physics and physiology.

This paved the way for the field of psychology as an experimental science and opened the way for the development of even more accurate and intense research methods.

At the time of his sensation work, Weber did not fully realize the implications that his experiments would have on understanding of sensory stimulus and response.