caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field birth_date alma_mater known_for image article_title name death_cause
hans berger 01 june 1941 jena , germany neuses , saxe-coburg and gotha , german empire 200px germany psychiatry 21 may 1873 university of jena electroencephalograms hansberger_univ_jena . jpeg hans berger
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hans berger

hans berger -lrb- 21 may 1873 -- 1 june 1941 -rrb- was a german psychiatrist , best known as the inventor of electroencephalography -lrb- eeg -rrb- -lrb- the recording of `` brain waves '' -rrb- in 1924 , coining the name , and the discoverer of the alpha wave rhythm known as `` berger 's wave '' .
