PSYCHOLOGIST

Alfred Adler

1870 - 1937

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Alfred Adler ( AD-lər; Austrian German: [ˈalfreːd ˈaːdlɐ]; 7 February 1870 – 28 May 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, relationships within the family, and birth order set him apart from Freud and others in their common circle. He proposed that contributing to others (social interest or Gemeinschaftsgefühl) was how the individual feels a sense of worth and belonging in the family and society. His earlier work focused on inferiority, coining the term inferiority complex, an isolating element which he argued plays a key role in personality development. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Adler is the 5th most popular psychologist (down from 4th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Austria (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Psychologist.

Alfred Adler was a psychoanalyst and the founder of individual psychology. He is most famous for his work in developmental psychology, and his theory of inferiority complexes.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Alfred Adler ranks 5 out of 235. Before him are Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, and Erich Fromm. After him are Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt, Lev Vygotsky, Jacques Lacan, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, and John Dewey.

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Among people born in 1870, Alfred Adler ranks 3. Before him are Vladimir Lenin, and Maria Montessori. After him are Christian X of Denmark, Sophia of Prussia, Franz Lehár, Jules Bordet, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Adolf Loos, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Ivan Bunin. Among people deceased in 1937, Alfred Adler ranks 6. Before him are Ernest Rutherford, Guglielmo Marconi, Maurice Ravel, Pierre de Coubertin, and John D. Rockefeller. After him are Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, Amelia Earhart, Erich Ludendorff, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alfred Adler ranks 27 out of 1,424. Before him are Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Karl Popper (1902), Charles I of Austria (1887), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Klara Hitler (1860), and Niki Lauda (1949). After him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), Lise Meitner (1878), Romy Schneider (1938), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Alfred Adler ranks 1. After him are Viktor Frankl (1905), Anna Freud (1895), Melanie Klein (1882), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), and Walter Mischel (1930).

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