Thomas Edison – The Most Prolific Inventor of all Time
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
(February 11 1847, Milan, Ohio - October 18 1931, West Orange, New Jersey) (aged 84)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
Francis Crick, Co-discoverer of the Structure of DNA
Francis Crick
Francis Harry Compton Crick
(8 June 1916, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England - 28 July 2004, San Diego, California, USA) (aged 88)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Scientists
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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:...
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:...
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...
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:...
Rudolf Hermann Lotze – German philosopher, psychologist and physiologist
Hermann Lotze
Rudolf Hermann Lotze
(21 May 1817, Bautzen, Germany -1 July 1881, Berlin)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists, Physiologists, Philosophers, Physicians
Specification: Empirical philosophy, Idealistic Monism.
Unique distinction: Founder of the metaphysical...
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...
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...
Istvan Magyari-Beck: Pioneer of Creatology and Creativity Science
István Magyari-Beck
(1 October, 1941, Budapest, Hungary - 18 August, 2022 Budapest, Hungary) (aged 81)
Citizenship: Hungary
Occupation: Psychologist, educator, Professor and researcher in creatology, psychology, and...
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)...
Dean Keith Simonton: Leading Researcher on Creativity and Genius
Dean Keith Simonton
born January 27, 1948, Glendale, CA; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, USA
Citizenship: USA
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologist, professor, author, expert on creativity and genius.
Specification: He...