PSYCHOLOGIST

Margaret Mahler

1897 - 1985

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Margaret Schönberger Mahler (May 10, 1897 in Ödenburg, Austria-Hungary; October 2, 1985 in New York) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and pediatrician. She did pioneering work in the field of infant and young child research. On the basis of empirical studies, she developed a development model that became particularly influential in psychoanalysis and Object relations theory. Mahler developed the separation–individuation theory of child development. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Mahler is the 70th most popular psychologist (down from 67th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Psychologist.

Margaret Mahler is most famous for her theory of separation-individuation. She believed that children go through a series of stages in which they separate from their mother to form an independent identity.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Margaret Mahler ranks 70 out of 235. Before her are William Stern, Raymond Moody, Philip Zimbardo, Bruno Bettelheim, Alexander Luria, and Karl Bühler. After her are Karl Abraham, Otto Rank, Ernst Kretschmer, Mary Ainsworth, Geert Hofstede, and Wilfred Bion.

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Among people born in 1897, Margaret Mahler ranks 49. Before her are Ivan Bagramyan, Paul Delvaux, John Franklin Enders, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood. After her are Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, Wilfred Bion, and Vito Genovese. Among people deceased in 1985, Margaret Mahler ranks 33. Before her are Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, Elsa Morante, George Pólya, Emil Gilels, and Tjalling Koopmans. After her are Tancredo Neves, James Hadley Chase, Robert Graves, Ernst Öpik, Tage Erlander, and Emílio Garrastazu Médici.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Margaret Mahler ranks 116 out of 1,077. Before her are Ágnes Heller (1929), Taksony of Hungary (931), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Cornel Wilde (1912), and Zoltán of Hungary (896). After her are Pál Schmitt (1942), József Bozsik (1925), Judit Polgár (1976), István Szabó (1938), Mihály Károlyi (1875), and János Áder (1959).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Hungary

Among psychologists born in Hungary, Margaret Mahler ranks 2. Before her are Sándor Ferenczi (1873). After her are Michael Balint (1896), and Franz Alexander (1891).

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