Henri Delacroix (2 December 1873, Paris – 3 December 1937, Paris) was a French psychologist, "one of the most famous and most prolific French psychologists working at the beginning of
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century."
Born in
Paris
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, Henri Delacroix was educated at the
Lycée Henri-IV
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and the
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, gaining his
agrégation in philosophy in 1894. After two years at the
University of Berlin
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and the
University of Heidelberg
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, he became a professor at the Lycée de Pau,
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. He died in Paris.
Works
* ''Essai sur le mysticisme spéculatif en Allemagne au quatorzième siècle'', 1899.
* ''Études d'histoire et de psychologie du mysticisme; les grands mystiques chrétiens'', 1908.
* ''La psychologie de Stendhal'', 1918.
* ''La religion et la foi'', 1922.
* ''Le langage et la pensée'', 1924.
* ''L'analyse psychologique de la fonction linguistique'', 1926.
* ''Psychologie de l'art; essai sur l'activité artistique'', 1927.
* ''Les grandes formes de la vie mentale'', 1934.
* ''L'enfant et le langage'', 1934.
* ''Les grands mystiques chrétiens'', 1938
References
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1873 births
1937 deaths
French psychologists
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