Ellis Paul Torrance – Father of Modern Creativity
Ellis Paul Torrance
(October 8, 1915, Milledgeville, Georgia - July 12, 2003, Athens, GA) (Aged 87)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists
Specification: Psychology of Creativity
Unique distinction:...
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...
Ernst Weber – One of the Founders of Psychophysics
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber
(June 24 1795, Wittenberg, Germany -January 26 1878, Leipzig, Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Physiologists, Psychologists
Specification: Empirical Psychology, Psychophysics
Unique distinction: One of the founders of...
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:...
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,...
William Stern – Founder of Personalistic Psychology
William Stern
William Lewis (Louis) Stern
(29 April 1871, Berlin, Germany – 27 March 1938, Durham, USA)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Personalistic Psychology, Differential psychology, Legal psychology
Unique distinction: Founder...
Frank Barron – Pioneer in the Psychology of Creativity
Frank Barron
Frank Xavier Barron
(June 17, 1922, Lansford, Pennsylvania - October 6, 2002, Santa Cruz, California) (Aged 80)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists
Specification: 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,...
Wilhelm von Humboldt – One of the Founders of Linguistics
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt
(22 January 1767, Potsdam, Prussia, Germany - 8 April 1835, Tegel, near Berlin, Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category:...
Philippe Pinel – The Father of Modern Psychiatry
Philippe Pinel
(20 April 1745, Saint-André, Tarn; France - 25 October 1826, Paris, France) (aged 81)
Nationality: France
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychiatrists, Physicians
Unique distinction: The father of...
John Maynard Keynes – The Father of modern macroeconomics
John Maynard Keynes
1st Baron Keynes of Tilton
(5 June 1883, Cambridge, England - 21 April 1946, Tilton, East Sussex, England) (aged 62)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category:...
Gustav Fechner – Founder of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner
(April 19, 1801, Groß Särchen, near Muskau, Lower Lusatia, (now Żarki Wielkie in commune Trzebiel, Poland) - November 28, 1887, Leipzig,...