PSYCHOLOGIST

Kurt Lewin

1890 - 1947

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Kurt Lewin ( lə-VEEN; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. During his professional career, Lewin's academic research and writings focuses on applied research, action research, and group communication. Lewin is often recognized as the "founder of social psychology" and was one of the first to study group dynamics and organizational development. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Lewin has received more than 1,231,012 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Kurt Lewin is the 18th most popular psychologist, the 38th most popular biography from Poland (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Psychologist.

Kurt Lewin is most famous for his work on group dynamics and organizational psychology. He is also known for the Lewin-Erickson theory of personality, which is a social-psychological theory that deals with the interaction between the person and the environment.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Kurt Lewin ranks 18 out of 235. Before him are William James, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, and John B. Watson. After him are Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, Wilhelm Reich, Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, and Anna Freud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Kurt Lewin ranks 13. Before him are Vyacheslav Molotov, Boris Pasternak, Egon Schiele, Karel Čapek, Alfred Jodl, and Fritz Lang. After him are George II of Greece, Lawrence Bragg, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, Man Ray, and Carlos Gardel. Among people deceased in 1947, Kurt Lewin ranks 10. Before him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, Christian X of Denmark, Rudolf Höss, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Aleister Crowley. After him are George II of Greece, Jozef Tiso, Victor Horta, Raoul Wallenberg, Alfred North Whitehead, and Ettore Bugatti.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Lewin ranks 38 out of 1,694. Before him are Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Günther von Kluge (1882), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), and Maximilian Kolbe (1894). After him are Christian Wolff (1679), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Irena Sendler (1910), Otto Stern (1888), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), and Arthur Rubinstein (1887).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Poland

Among psychologists born in Poland, Kurt Lewin ranks 1. After him are Gustav Fechner (1801), Solomon Asch (1907), Alice Miller (1923), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Helene Deutsch (1884), Kurt Goldstein (1878), and Abraham Brill (1874).

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