PSYCHOLOGIST

Oswald Külpe

1862 - 1915

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Theodor Oswald Rudolph Külpe (German: [ˈkylpə]; 3 August 1862 – 30 December 1915) was a German structural psychologist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Külpe, who is lesser known than his German mentor, Wilhelm Wundt, revolutionized experimental psychology at his time. In his obituary, Aloys Fischer wrote that, “undoubtedly Külpe was the second founder of experimental psychology on German soil; for with every change of base he made it a requirement that an experimental laboratory should be provided.” Külpe studied as a doctoral student and assistant to Wundt at the University of Leipzig, though his ideas differed from Wundt as he developed his own research (Boring, 1961). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Külpe has received more than 68,722 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Oswald Külpe is the 117th most popular psychologist (up from 130th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Oswald Külpe ranks 117 out of 235. Before him are Heinz Kohut, Robert Cialdini, Frederic Bartlett, Adolf Bastian, Aleksei N. Leontiev, and Robert Sternberg. After him are Bluma Zeigarnik, Thomas Gordon, Henry Murray, Carol Gilligan, Ulric Neisser, and Robert Plutchik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Oswald Külpe ranks 50. Before him are Tomitaro Makino, René Viviani, Théo van Rysselberghe, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Anton Ažbe, and Cao Kun. After him are Mikhail Nesterov, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Nitobe Inazō, Arvid Lindman, Frederick Delius, and Nicholas Murray Butler. Among people deceased in 1915, Oswald Külpe ranks 33. Before him are Edith Cavell, Adèle Hugo, Karl Goldmark, Anna Leonowens, Julius von Payer, and I. L. Peretz. After him are Ankō Itosu, Hans Gross, Theodor Leschetizky, Vazha-Pshavela, Mubarak Al-Sabah, and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Oswald Külpe ranks 37 out of 323. Before him are Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Herberts Cukurs (1900), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), and Jukums Vācietis (1873). After him are Laimdota Straujuma (1951), Viktors Arājs (1910), Friedrich Zander (1887), Friedrich Kettler (1569), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), and Solomon Mikhoels (1890).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Latvia

Among psychologists born in Latvia, Oswald Külpe ranks 1. 

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