PSYCHOLOGIST

Hugo Münsterberg

1863 - 1916

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Hugo Münsterberg (; German: [ˈmʏnstɐbɛʁk]; June 1, 1863 – December 16, 1916) was a German-American psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in applied psychology, extending his research and theories to industrial/organizational (I/O), legal, medical, clinical, educational and business settings. Münsterberg experienced immense turmoil with the outbreak of the First World War. Torn between his loyalty to the United States and his homeland, he often defended Germany's actions, attracting highly contrasting reactions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Münsterberg is the 84th most popular psychologist (up from 86th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 267th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Hugo Münsterberg ranks 84 out of 235. Before him are Edward B. Titchener, Alexander Bain, David Wechsler, George Armitage Miller, Timothy Leary, and Paul Watzlawick. After him are Ludwig Binswanger, G. Stanley Hall, Edward C. Tolman, Harry Stack Sullivan, Auguste Forel, and Théodule-Armand Ribot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Hugo Münsterberg ranks 38. Before him are Paul Painlevé, Reinhard Scheer, Leopold Berchtold, Annie Jump Cannon, Felix Weingartner, and William Randolph Hearst. After him are John Charles Fields, Franz von Hipper, Émile Friant, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Charles Spearman, and Henry Royce. Among people deceased in 1916, Hugo Münsterberg ranks 41. Before him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Rubén Darío, Gaston Maspero, Victoriano Huerta, Jean Webster, and Gérard Encausse. After him are Julius Fučík, Pierre Duhem, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Oskar Backlund, Hans Richter, and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hugo Münsterberg ranks 262 out of 1,694. Before him are Hagen Kleinert (1941), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Hermann Schwarz (1843), and Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687). After him are Jan Długosz (1415), Jerzy Kukuczka (1948), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), Martin Kutta (1867), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), and Maria Szymanowska (1789).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Poland

Among psychologists born in Poland, Hugo Münsterberg ranks 5. Before him are Kurt Lewin (1890), Gustav Fechner (1801), Solomon Asch (1907), and Alice Miller (1923). After him are Helene Deutsch (1884), Kurt Goldstein (1878), and Abraham Brill (1874).

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