PSYCHOLOGIST

Adolf Bastian

1826 - 1905

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Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 1826 – 2 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the Elementargedanke resulted in Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas influenced the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas and comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Bastian is the 104th most popular psychologist (up from 114th in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,808th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Adolf Bastian ranks 104 out of 235. Before him are Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, and Donald O. Hebb. After him are Muzafer Sherif, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Frans de Waal, Otto Gross, Michael Balint, and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Adolf Bastian ranks 18. Before him are Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Afanasyev, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Zénobe Gramme, and Spotted Elk. After him are Karl von Piloty, William Waddington, George Johnstone Stoney, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Henri Mouhot, and Karl Gegenbaur. Among people deceased in 1905, Adolf Bastian ranks 22. Before him are Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Per Teodor Cleve, Constantin Meunier, Anton Ažbe, and Alphonse Allais. After him are Albert von Kölliker, Oswald Achenbach, Alois Riegl, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and Carmine Crocco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Bastian ranks 1,643 out of 7,253. Before him are Fancy (1946), Diane Kruger (1976), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), and Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948). After him are Hans Speidel (1897), Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), and Ludwig Borchardt (1863).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Adolf Bastian ranks 15. Before him are Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), Karl Abraham (1877), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), and Rudolf Arnheim (1904). After him are Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Charlotte Bühler (1893), Ulric Neisser (1928), Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884), Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889), and Laura Perls (1905).

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