Klaus Eyferth (9 November 1928 – 19 July 2012) was a German psychologist. He was educated at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

, from which he received his diploma in 1954, his doctorate in 1957, and his

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in 1964. While at the University of Hamburg, he conducted a study on the IQ scores of the German-raised children of black and white American soldiers stationed in

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. This study has since become known as the

Eyferth study The Eyferth study, conducted by German psychologist Klaus Eyferth, examined the IQs of white and racially-mixed children raised by single mothers in post-World War II West Germany. The mothers of the children studied were white German women, whil ...

. In 1973, he joined the faculty of the

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

, where he went on to help establish the Institute for Psychology. A member of the

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, he hosted its 1988 conference in

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. In 1995, he retired from the Technical University of Berlin; he became an emeritus professor there the following year. He died on 19 July 2012, at the age of 83.

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