Edgar Rubin

Edgar John Rubin, who lived from 1886 to 1951, was a Danish psychologist and phenomenologist remembered for his work on figure-ground perception, seen in optical illusions such as the Rubin vase. Born in Copenhagen to Jewish parents, he enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1904, majored in psychology, and completed his magister artium examination in philosophy in 1910. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/