Jesus Christ: The Divine Founder of Christianity
Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, ( In Greek: Χρίστος translit. Christós - anointed, messiah)
(c.1 or 6-4 BC, Bethlehem, Judea – 30/33 AD, Jerusalem, Calvary or Golgotha Judea,...
Laozi – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism
Laozi
Lao-Tsu, Lao-tse, Laotze, Laocius
(6th century BC - According to Chinese tradition) (4th century BС - Another version)
Nationality: China
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Spiritual teachers,...
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...
Confucius – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Confucianism
Confucius
Kong Qiu , Kongzi, Kong Fuzi Kong Fuzi
(September 28, 551 B.C. Lu, (now Shandong province) China - 479 B.C. Lu, China) Qufu, Zhou...
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:...
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,...
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...
Zoroaster – Founder of Zoroastrianism
Zoroaster
Zoroaster (Latinized from Greek variants), Zarathushtra (as he is called in the Avesta), Zartosht (Persian)
(c. 628 probably Rhages, Persia (now Iran) - c.551 BC)...
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 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:...
Joan of Arc – National Heroine of France
Joan Of Arc, Joan of Lorraine, the Maid of Orleans. Patron Saint and national heroine of France. Femail military leaderand a Catholic saint.
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...