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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 203,325 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ernst Heinrich Weber is the 75th most popular psychologist (down from 60th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from Germany (down from 731st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Psychologist.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 75 out of 183Before him are Stanislav Grof, G. Stanley Hall, David Wechsler, Kurt Koffka, Mary Ainsworth, and Otto Rank. After him are Karl Abraham, Alice Miller, Harry Harlow, William Stern, Paul Watzlawick, and David McClelland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 10Before him are John Keats, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Antonio José de Sucre. After him are Dred Scott, John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, and Johns Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1878, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 11Before him are Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, and George V of Hanover. After him are Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Elias Magnus Fries, Angelo Secchi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, and Antoine César Becquerel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 916 out of 6,142Before him are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), William II of Württemberg (1848), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emmy Göring (1893), and Emanuel Schikaneder (1751). After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Marie of Prussia (1825), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), and Rudi Völler (1960).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 10Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Karen Horney (1885), Hans Eysenck (1916), Fritz Perls (1893), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), and Kurt Koffka (1886). After him are Karl Abraham (1877), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), and Adolf Bastian (1826).