Richter, Curt Paul (20 February 1894–21 December 1988), psychobiologist and educator, was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of Paul Ernst Richter, an engineer and iron and steel firm owner, and Martha Dressler. After completing his high school education in Denver, Richter studied engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden, Germany, from 1912 to 1915. When his stay in Germany was interrupted by World War I, he attended Harvard University and graduated with a B.S. in 1917. There, he was introduced to behavioral psychology by ...