Max Wertheimer, a founder of the Gestalt psychology movement, submitted his Ph.D., dissertation titled 'Experimental Investigations of Tatbestandsdiagnostik' (Diagnosis of the facts of a case) at the Royal Bavarian University of Würzburg in Germany.

Wertheimer's doctorate was officially conferred summa cum laude (with the highest distinction) on the 21st of December, 1904.