Background
David Genrikhovich Elkin was born on November 18, 1895 in Voronezh, Russian Federation. He was born into a family of pharmacist.
David Genrikhovich Elkin was born on November 18, 1895 in Voronezh, Russian Federation. He was born into a family of pharmacist.
David Genrikhovich graduated from the 1st Odessa Gymnasium (1914), studied at the St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute (1914-1915), graduated from the physics and mathematics faculty of Novorossiysk University (1921, Odessa).
David Genrikhovich was a head of the laboratory of the Odessa Institute of Child Psychology and Experimental Pedagogy (since 1917), lecturer (since 1922), head of the department of psychology (1930-1977) in the Odessa University.
David Genrikhovich was an author of more than 200 scientific publications, creator of the Odessa branch of the Society of psychologists. He wrote such researches as "Perception of Time" (Moscow, 1962), "Psychology of Speech" (Odessa, 1971), "Engineering Psychology" (Kiev, Odessa, 1975).