PSYCHOLOGIST

Kurt Koffka

1886 - 1941

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Kurt Koffka (March 12, 1886 – November 22, 1941) was a German psychologist and professor. He was born and educated in Berlin, Germany; he died in Northampton, Massachusetts, from coronary thrombosis. He was influenced by his maternal uncle, a biologist, to pursue science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Koffka has received more than 236,127 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Koffka is the 52nd most popular psychologist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from Germany (up from 904th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Psychologist.

Kurt Koffka was a German psychologist and Gestalt theorist. He is most famous for his work on Gestalt psychology, which he co-founded with Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler. Gestalt psychology is the study of how the mind organizes and perceives visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kurt Koffkas by language

Over the past year Kurt Koffka has had the most page views in the with 30,145 views, followed by Spanish (13,037), and Russian (5,909). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (79.10%), Egyptian Arabic (76.49%), and Piedmontese (76.04%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Kurt Koffka ranks 52 out of 235. Before him are Sándor Ferenczi, Raymond Cattell, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Sabina Spielrein, Bruno Bettelheim, and Albert Ellis. After him are Martin Seligman, Aaron T. Beck, Alexander Luria, Fritz Perls, Stanley Milgram, and Pierre Janet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Kurt Koffka ranks 31. Before him are Robert Robinson, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Erich Hoepner, Hugo Ball, and Athenagoras I of Constantinople. After him are Archibald Hill, Gerda Wegener, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Michael Curtiz, Garegin Nzhdeh, and Vittorio Pozzo. Among people deceased in 1941, Kurt Koffka ranks 27. Before him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Ernst Udet, Prajadhipok, Werner Mölders, and Werner Sombart. After him are Ludwig Quidde, Günther Prien, Alexej von Jawlensky, Sherwood Anderson, Christian Rakovsky, and Henri Lebesgue.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Koffka ranks 701 out of 7,253. Before him are Jost Gippert (1956), Johann Tetzel (1460), Georg Elser (1903), Peter Kürten (1883), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), and Heinrich Hoffmann (1885). After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Georg Büchner (1813), Louis Spohr (1784), Max Wolf (1863), and Kurt Meyer (1910).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Kurt Koffka ranks 7. Before him are Erich Fromm (1900), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erik Erikson (1902), Karen Horney (1885), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), and Hans Eysenck (1916). After him are Fritz Perls (1893), Karl Abraham (1877), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Karl Bühler (1879), and William Stern (1871).

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