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Ernst Kretschmer

1888 - 1964

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Ernst Kretschmer (8 October 1888 – 8 February 1964) was a German psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a typology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Kretschmer is the 73rd most popular psychologist (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Germany (down from 928th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Psychologist.

Ernst Kretschmer was a German psychiatrist who is most famous for his work on the somatotype theory. He believed that there were three body types: endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ernst Kretschmer ranks 73 out of 235. Before him are Bruno Bettelheim, Alexander Luria, Karl Bühler, Margaret Mahler, Karl Abraham, and Otto Rank. After him are Mary Ainsworth, Geert Hofstede, Wilfred Bion, Stanislav Grof, Edward B. Titchener, and Alexander Bain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Ernst Kretschmer ranks 43. Before him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Carin Göring, Georges Bernanos, Ossip Zadkine, Katherine Mansfield, and Josef Albers. After him are August Kubizek, Oskar Schlemmer, Ernst Heinkel, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Max Steiner, and Nuri al-Said. Among people deceased in 1964, Ernst Kretschmer ranks 32. Before him are Alexandre Koyré, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Emilio Aguinaldo. After him are Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Alan Ladd, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Maurice Thorez, and Pedro Petrone.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Kretschmer ranks 1,024 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Roland Emmerich (1955), Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), and Johann Peter Eckermann (1792). After him are Günther Lütjens (1889), Joseph Wirth (1879), Günther Prien (1908), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Ernst Kretschmer ranks 13. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), and Karl Abraham (1877). After him are Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Adolf Bastian (1826), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Charlotte Bühler (1893), Ulric Neisser (1928), and Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884).

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