PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernst Heinrich Weber

1795 - 1878

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Ernst Heinrich Weber (24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878) was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology. He was an influential and important figure in the areas of physiology and psychology during his lifetime and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Heinrich Weber has received more than 212,141 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ernst Heinrich Weber is the 72nd most popular psychologist (up from 75th in 2019), the 965th most popular biography from Germany (down from 916th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Psychologist.

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Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 72 out of 235. Before him are Philip Zimbardo, Margaret Mahler, Ernst Kretschmer, Otto Rank, Mary Ainsworth, and Antonio Damasio. After him are George Armitage Miller, Karl Bühler, Edward C. Tolman, William Stern, Ludwig Binswanger, and Timothy Leary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Carlyle, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Antonio José de Sucre, Ary Scheffer, Dred Scott, and Alexander Griboyedov. After him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, and Hadji Murad. Among people deceased in 1878, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 13. Before him are Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Elias Magnus Fries, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Angelo Secchi, and Henri Victor Regnault.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 965 out of 7,253. Before him are Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Tannhäuser (1205), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868). After him are Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Conrad II of Italy (1074), and Wilhelm Kempff (1895).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 11. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Hans Eysenck (1916), Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), Karl Abraham (1877), and Ernst Kretschmer (1888). After him are Karl Bühler (1879), William Stern (1871), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Adolf Bastian (1826), and Ulric Neisser (1928).

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