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Gustav Fechner

1801 - 1887

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Gustav Theodor Fechner (; German: [ˈfɛçnɐ]; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspired many 20th-century scientists and philosophers. He is also credited with demonstrating the non-linear relationship between psychological sensation and the physical intensity of a stimulus via the formula: S = K ln ⁡ I {\displaystyle S=K\ln I} , which became known as the Weber–Fechner law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Fechner is the 27th most popular psychologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Poland (up from 71st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Psychologist.

Gustav Fechner was a German physiologist and psychologist who is most famous for his psychophysical law, which states that the magnitude of a sensation is proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Gustav Fechner ranks 27 out of 235. Before him are Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Melanie Klein, and Wilhelm Reich. After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Aaron T. Beck, Alfred Binet, Karen Horney, Princess Marie Bonaparte, and Howard Gardner.

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Among people born in 1801, Gustav Fechner ranks 3. Before him are Brigham Young, and Vincenzo Bellini. After him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Josip Jelačić, John of Saxony, Johannes Peter Müller, Frédéric Bastiat, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Maria Theresa of Austria, and John Henry Newman. Among people deceased in 1887, Gustav Fechner ranks 3. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff, and Alexander Borodin. After him are Eugène Edine Pottier, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Juan, Count of Montizón, Alfred Krupp, and Jules Laforgue.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gustav Fechner ranks 67 out of 1,694. Before him are Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Irena Sendler (1910), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), and Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928). After him are John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), Emil von Behring (1854), and Yitzhak Shamir (1915).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Poland

Among psychologists born in Poland, Gustav Fechner ranks 2. Before him are Kurt Lewin (1890). After him are Solomon Asch (1907), Alice Miller (1923), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Helene Deutsch (1884), Kurt Goldstein (1878), and Abraham Brill (1874).

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