PSYCHOLOGIST

David Wechsler

1896 - 1981

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David "Weshy" Wechsler (; January 12, 1896 – May 2, 1981) was a Romanian-American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to get to know his patients at Bellevue Hospital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Wechsler has received more than 304,799 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Wechsler is the 83rd most popular psychologist (down from 71st in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Romania (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Psychologist.

David Wechsler was a psychologist who created the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, which is a test that measures intelligence levels.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, David Wechsler ranks 83 out of 235. Before him are Ludwig Binswanger, Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, Edward B. Titchener, Jean Tatlock, and G. Stanley Hall. After him are Walter Bradford Cannon, Donald O. Hebb, Hugo Münsterberg, David McClelland, Rollo May, and James McKeen Cattell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, David Wechsler ranks 57. Before him are Wallace Carothers, Paulino Alcántara, Friedrich Hund, Léon Theremin, Kenji Miyazawa, and Soghomon Tehlirian. After him are Elsa Triolet, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Ida Noddack, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Norodom Suramarit, and Jimmy Doolittle. Among people deceased in 1981, David Wechsler ranks 37. Before him are Will Durant, Joseph Murphy, Zarah Leander, Mehmet Shehu, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Omar Torrijos. After him are Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, Bill Shankly, Bill Haley, and Lotte Lenya.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, David Wechsler ranks 77 out of 844. Before him are Jean Negulesco (1900), Dositej Obradović (1742), Ștefan Kovács (1920), László Rajk (1909), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), and Dinu Lipatti (1917). After him are Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Iolanda Balaș (1936), Peter Mogila (1596), Nicolae Iorga (1871), and Ana Aslan (1897).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Romania

Among psychologists born in Romania, David Wechsler ranks 1. After him are Serge Moscovici (1925), and Reuven Feuerstein (1921).

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