PSYCHOLOGIST

Franz Alexander

1891 - 1964

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Franz Gabriel Alexander (Austrian German: [frants ˈɡaːbri̯eːl ˈalɛksandɐ]; born Alexander Ferenc Gábor, Hungarian: [ˈɒlɛksɒndɒr ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɡaːbor]; 22 January 1891 – 8 March 1964) was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Alexander is the 140th most popular psychologist (up from 154th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Franz Alexander ranks 140 out of 235Before him are Jonathan Haidt, John Money, Ernest Jones, Elizabeth Loftus, Charlotte Bühler, and Steven Pinker. After him are J. P. Guilford, Serge Moscovici, Edvard Moser, Brian Weiss, Roberto Assagioli, and Léopold Szondi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Franz Alexander ranks 87Before him are Hermann Scherchen, Grunya Sukhareva, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Tin Ujević, Yvan Goll, and Ivan Vinogradov. After him are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Walter Eucken, Damaskinos of Athens, Antoine Pinay, Scott Bradley, and Charles Munch. Among people deceased in 1964, Franz Alexander ranks 70Before him are Heinrich von Brentano, Heinz Jost, Prince Axel of Denmark, Firmin Lambot, Sergey Biryuzov, and Halide Edib Adıvar. After him are Jean Fautrier, Wanda Wasilewska, Anna Vyrubova, Julius Raab, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, and Samuil Marshak.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Franz Alexander ranks 261 out of 1,077Before him are Ferenc Plattkó (1898), George Tabori (1914), Fritz Reiner (1888), József Zakariás (1924), Anton Bernolák (1762), and László Kövér (1959). After him are Nicolaus Olahus (1493), Margaret of Hungary (1175), Mátyás Szűrös (1933), Charles Simonyi (1948), József Antall (1932), and Amrita Sher-Gil (1913).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Hungary

Among psychologists born in Hungary, Franz Alexander ranks 4Before him are Sándor Ferenczi (1873), Margaret Mahler (1897), and Michael Balint (1896).