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After acquiring his PhD, Ebbinghaus moved around England and France, tutoring students to support himself.

In England, he may have taught in two small schools in the South of the country ( Gorfein, 1885 ).

In London, in a used bookstore, he came across Gustav Fechner's book Elemente der Psychophysik ( Elements of Psychophysics ), which spurred him to conduct his famous memory experiments.

After beginning his studies at the University of Berlin, he founded the 3rd psychological testing lab in Germany ( 3rd to Wilhelm Wundt and G. E.

Muller ).

He began his memory studies here in 1879.

In 1885, the same year that he published his monumental work, Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology, he was made a professor at the University of Berlin, most likely in recognition of this publication.

In 1890, along with Arthur Konig, he founded the Psychological journal Zeitschrift für Physiologie und Psychologie der Sinnesorgane ( The Psychology and Physiology of the Sense Organs ).