Claude Bernard – Founder of Endocrinology
Claude Bernard
(July 12, 1813, Saint-Julien - February 10, 1878, Paris, France) (Aged 64)
Nationality: France
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Physiologists, Physicians
Unique distinction: The founder of experimental medicine, the...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
William James – One of the founders of Functional psychology
William James
(January 11, 1842, New York City, New York, USA - August 26, 1910, Chokorua, New Hampshire) (aged 68)
Nationality: United States of America
Category:...
Irnerius – Italian Lawyer and cofounder of the University of Bologna
Irnerius
Guarnerius or Warnerius
(c. 1050 – after 1125)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Lawyers
Unique distinction: Founder of the School of Glossators, 1088 (later University of Bologna), the...
Mikhail Lomonosov – Founder of Russian science
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov
(19 November 1711, Denisovka, Arkhangelsk Governorate , Russia - 15 April 1765, St. Petersburg, Russia) (aged 53)
Nationality: Russia
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Chemists,...
Nicolaus Copernicus – Creator of the heliocentric model of Universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
Name at birth: Niclas Kopernik
(19 February 1473,Toruń (Thorn), Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland - 24 May 1543, Frombork (Frauenburg), East Prussia) (aged 70)
Nationality:...
Franz Brentano – Predecessor of phenomenology and founder of act psychology
Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano
(16 January 1838, Marienberg am Rhein, Hesse-Nassau Germany - March 17, 1917, Zurich, Switzerland) (aged 79)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
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...
Ibn Khaldun – The Father of Cultural History and Historiography
Ibn Khaldun
Abu-Zaid Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn-Khaldun
(27 May 1332, Tunis -17 March 1406, Cairo, Egypt)
Nationality: Tunisia
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Historian, Sociologists, Politicians
Unique distinction: The father of...