Teresa Amabile – Pioneer of research on organizational creativity

Teresa Amabile Teresa Mary Amabile (born June 15, 1950, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA) Nationality: United States Category: Scientists Occupation: Psychologist, Professor Specification: Professor and Expert in the Psychology of Creativity, innovation...

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Creator of the Creativity Concept as the State of Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi (Pronounced: "cheek-sent-me-high-ee"). (September 29, 1934, Fiume, Kingdom of Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia) - October 20, 2021, Claremont, California, U.S.) (Aged 87) Nationality: American,...

Edward De Bono – renowned creativity expert and the father of lateral thinking

Edward De Bono Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (19 May 1933, St. Julian's Bay, Valletta, Malta – 9 June 2021, Malta) (aged 88) Citizenship: Malta, Britain Category:...

Alex Osborn – Father of Brainstorming and Method of Creative Problem Solving

Alex Osborn Alex Faickney Osborn (May 24, 1888, Bronx, New York City, USA – May 5, 1966, Buffalo, New York, USA) (Aged 77) Nationality: American, United States Category:...

Edward Titchener – Founder of Structural Psychology

Edward Titchener Edward Bradford Titchener (11 January 1867, Chichester, Sussex, England - 3 August 1927, Ithaca, New York, USA) (aged 60) Nationality: United Kingdom, USA Category: Scientists Occupation:...

Pierre de Fermat – One of the greatest mathematicians of all times

Pierre de Fermat (17 August 1601 (or 1608), Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France -12 January 1665, Castres, France) Nationality: France Category: Scientists Occupation: Lawyers, Mathematics Unique distinction: One of the greatest mathematicians...

Joy Paul Guilford – One of the founders of the Psychology of Creativity

Joy Paul Guilford (March 7, 1897, Marquette, Nebraska, USA – November 26, 1987, Los Angeles) (Aged 90) Nationality: United States of America Category: Scientists Occupation: Psychologists Specification:  Psychology of Creativity, Applied Psychology Unique...

Johann Friedrich Herbart – Founder of Pedagogy

Johann Friedrich Herbart (May 4, 1776, Oldenburg, Germany - August 14, 1841, Göttingen, Hanover, Germany) (age 65) Nationality: Germany Category: Scientists Occupation: Educators, Philosophers, Psychologists Specification: Empirical psychology,...

Galileo – The father of Modern Science

Galileo Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564, Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy - 8 January 1642, Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany,...

Hippocrates of Cos – The father of Western medicine

Hippocrates Hippocrates of Cos (ca. 460/ 450 BC , Island of  Cos, Ancient Greece - 377/370 BC, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece) Nationality: Greece Category: Scientists Occupation: Physicians, Philosophers Unique distinction:...

Maria Montessori – Founder of Educational Method

Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870, Chiaravalle (Ancona), Italy -  May 6, 1952, Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands) (aged 81) Nationality: Italy Category: Scientists Occupation: Educators, Physicians Unique distinction: Founder...

Margaret Mead – American anthropologist and psychologist

Margaret Mead December 16 1901, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - November 15 1978, New York City, USA (aged 76) Nationality: United States of America Category: Scientists Occupation: Psychologists, Culturologists Unique distinction:...