Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 4, 1840- December 22, 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a famous study of sexual perversity.

It should be noted that some practices considered as pathological by Krafft-Ebing, such as homosexuality, are no longer considered as such by modern psychiatrists.

See also:

• Fetishism
• Paraphilia
• Sadism

References:

• http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtprerela98n103.html
• http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/library/homlib/HOMlibCOLspeWESrke.html
• http://www.sgipt.org/biogr/krafteb.htm (in German)