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Heinz Kohut

1913 - 1981

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Heinz Kohut (German: [ˈkoːhuːt]; May 3, 1913 – October 8, 1981) was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Kohut is the 118th most popular psychologist (down from 111th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Austria (down from 400th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Heinz Kohut ranks 118 out of 235. Before him are Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, Marie-Louise von Franz, William McDougall, James McKeen Cattell, and Bluma Zeigarnik. After him are Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, Jean Tatlock, Thomas Gordon, Robert Plutchik, and Benjamin Spock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Heinz Kohut ranks 103. Before him are Maurice Wilkes, Eddie Constantine, Tokutaro Ukon, Johannes Steinhoff, Álvaro Cunhal, and Wolfgang Lüth. After him are Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Haxhi Lleshi, Shih Kien, Sebastiano Baggio, Franck Pourcel, and Pak Song-chol. Among people deceased in 1981, Heinz Kohut ranks 58. Before him are Gyula Lóránt, Mao Dun, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Melvyn Douglas, Josep Pla, and Donald Wills Douglas Sr.. After him are Mike Hailwood, Giuseppe Pella, Lotte Reiniger, Franjo Šeper, Ella Grasso, and Valeri Kharlamov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Heinz Kohut ranks 412 out of 1,424. Before him are Robert Stolz (1880), André Gorz (1923), Franz Josef Popp (1886), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Oscar Straus (1870), and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874). After him are Franz Vranitzky (1937), Friedrich von Amerling (1803), Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), and Georg Alexander Pick (1859).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Heinz Kohut ranks 9. Before him are Anna Freud (1895), Melanie Klein (1882), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), and Otto Gross (1877). After him are René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), Walter Mischel (1930), Emma Eckstein (1865), Fritz Heider (1896), and Karl H. Pribram (1919).

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