| Herbert Langfeld | |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Death Place: | Princeton, New Jersey, US |
| Fields: | Psychology |
| Workplaces: | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Thesis Title: | Über die heterochrome Helligkeitsvergleichung |
| Thesis Url: | https://hu-berlin.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/jl2ii5/HUB_UB_ALMA_DS21503831660002882 |
| Thesis Year: | 1909 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Carl Stumpf |
| Known For: | Past president, American Psychological Association |
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Herbert Sidney Langfeld (July 24, 1879 – February 25, 1958) was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Herbert Langfeld was born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1879.[1] He grew up in Philadelphia and was initially drawn to a diplomatic career. He was working for the American Embassy in Berlin when he was attracted to psychology. He earned a PhD in 1909 at the University of Berlin. He took a faculty position at Harvard University and ultimately went to Princeton University, where he became the psychological laboratory director and later the department chair for psychology.[2] While at Princeton he also directly influenced the ecological psychology approach of J. J. Gibson through his phenomenological ideas.[3]
Langfeld was APA president in 1930.[4] He also held leadership positions with the International Congress of Psychology and the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5]
He died from heart disease in Princeton, New Jersey on February 25, 1958.[6]