Hermann Ebbinghaus is best remembered for his research on memory, cond
ucted and published early in his career. Ebbinghaus subsequently contr
ibuted to psychology as teacher, journal founder and editor, champion
of experimental research, author of texts, and originator of a method
of assessing intelligence. The year 1985 saw the publication of tribut
es to Ebbinghaus's memory research; the present article summarizes his
later contributions to psychology.