PSYCHOLOGIST

Kurt Goldstein

1878 - 1965

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Kurt Goldstein (November 6, 1878 – September 19, 1965) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist who created a holistic theory of the organism. Educated in medicine, Goldstein studied under Carl Wernicke and Ludwig Edinger where he focused on neurology and psychiatry. His clinical work helped inspire the establishment of The Institute for Research into the Consequences of Brain Injuries. Goldstein was forced to leave Germany when Hitler came to power, because of his Jewish heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Goldstein is the 151st most popular psychologist (down from 134th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Poland (down from 482nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Kurt Goldstein ranks 151 out of 235. Before her are Roberto Assagioli, Léopold Szondi, Ulric Neisser, George Kelly, Françoise Dolto, and David Ausubel. After her are Robert D. Hare, Arthur Janov, Johannes Heinrich Schultz, Michael Gazzaniga, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and Jacques-Alain Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Kurt Goldstein ranks 105. Before her are Stamen Grigorov, Michel Théato, Georgios Kondylis, Walter Heitz, Egon Friedell, and Ernst Alexanderson. After her are Theodoros Pangalos, Jack Johnson, Otto Freundlich, Louis Marcoussis, Katie Johnson, and Ulrich Graf. Among people deceased in 1965, Kurt Goldstein ranks 85. Before her are Roberto Cherro, Tito Schipa, Bertil Lindblad, Lionel Terray, Philip Showalter Hench, and George Adamski. After her are Johann Kremer, Khalid al-Azm, Lee Hoi-chuen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, William Petersson, and Abraham Fraenkel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Goldstein ranks 576 out of 1,694. Before her are Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (1793), Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Edward Ochab (1906), Joseph Serchuk (1919), Andrew Bobola (1591), and George Adamski (1891). After her are Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801), Henryk Kasperczak (1946), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Elisabeth Becker (1923), and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Poland

Among psychologists born in Poland, Kurt Goldstein ranks 7. Before her are Kurt Lewin (1890), Gustav Fechner (1801), Solomon Asch (1907), Alice Miller (1923), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), and Helene Deutsch (1884). After her are Abraham Brill (1874).

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