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...
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,...
Wilhelm Wundt – Founder of experimental and cultural psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Maximilian (Max) Wundt
(August 16, 1832, Nekarau, near Mannheim, Baden -31 August 1920, Großbothen near Leipzig, Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Physiologists, Psychologists
Specification: Experimental psychology
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Oswald Kulpe – Founder of the Würzburg school
Oswald Kulpe
(August 3, 1862, Kandau, Courland, Germany, now Kandava, Latvia) - December 30, 1915, Munich, Germany) (aged 53 )
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists
Specification: Wurzburg school,...
Herbert Spencer – Founder of Social Darwinism and Synthetic Philosophy
Herbert Spencer
(27 April 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England - 8 December 1903, Brighton, Sussex, England) (aged 83)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Sociologists, Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Associative psychology
Unique...
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:...