PSYCHOLOGIST

Fritz Heider

1896 - 1988

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Fritz Heider (19 February 1896 – 2 January 1988) was an Austrian psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school. In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory. This book presents a wide-range analysis of the conceptual framework and the psychological processes that influence human social perception (Malle, 2008). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Heider has received more than 188,045 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Heider is the 150th most popular psychologist, the 546th most popular biography from Austria (down from 532nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Fritz Heider ranks 150 out of 235. Before him are Alexander Bain, Harry Harlow, Ernest Jones, Walter Mischel, Rensis Likert, and Georgi Lozanov. After him are Benjamin Spock, David Ausubel, Jonathan Haidt, Franz Alexander, Wilfred Bion, and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Fritz Heider ranks 115. Before him are Richard Thorpe, Boris Podolsky, Na Hye-sok, Eduardo Lonardi, Léonide Massine, and Erich Hückel. After him are Anandamayi Ma, Richard Heidrich, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Józef Czapski, Máté Zalka, and Prince Wolfgang of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1988, Fritz Heider ranks 90. Before him are Henry Koster, Divine, Anne Ramsey, Cyril Jackson, Hillel Slovak, and Seán MacBride. After him are Paolo Stoppa, Hamengkubuwono IX, Henry Armstrong, Giorgio Almirante, Andy Gibb, and Paula Mollenhauer.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 546 out of 1,424. Before him are Walter Mischel (1930), Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879), Anton Karas (1906), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Bernhard Wicki (1919), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882). After him are Franz Klammer (1953), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Josef Frank (1885), Marietta Blau (1894), Fred Sinowatz (1929), and Wilhelm von Mirbach (1871).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 13. Before him are Paul Watzlawick (1921), Otto Gross (1877), René Spitz (1887), Heinz Kohut (1913), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), and Walter Mischel (1930). After him are Emma Eckstein (1865), Karl H. Pribram (1919), and Marie Jahoda (1907).

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