PSYCHOLOGIST

Max Wertheimer

1880 - 1943

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Max Wertheimer (German: [ˈvɛʁthaɪ̯mɐ]; April 15, 1880 – October 12, 1943) was a psychologist who was one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler. He is known for his book Productive Thinking and for conceiving the phi phenomenon as part of his work in Gestalt psychology. Wertheimer became interested in psychology and studied under Carl Stumpf at the University of Berlin. Wertheimer then went on to obtain his PhD in 1904 under Oswald Külpe, at the University of Würzburg and then began his intellectual career teaching at the Institute for Social Research at Frankfurt University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Wertheimer is the 47th most popular psychologist (down from 45th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Psychologist.

Max Wertheimer is most famous for his Gestalt theory of perception. This theory states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Max Wertheimer ranks 47 out of 235. Before him are John Bowlby, Lawrence Kohlberg, Sabina Spielrein, Donald Winnicott, Wolfgang Köhler, and Alfred Kinsey. After him are Milton H. Erickson, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Elton Mayo, Kurt Koffka, Solomon Asch, and Sándor Ferenczi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Max Wertheimer ranks 23. Before him are Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, Werner von Fritsch, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Premchand, and Otto Weininger. After him are Paul Ehrenfest, Vajiravudh, Michel Fokine, Mohammed Alim Khan, Bruno Taut, and Elton Mayo. Among people deceased in 1943, Max Wertheimer ranks 24. Before him are Alexandre Millerand, Beatrix Potter, Władysław Sikorski, Nikolai Vavilov, Alexandre Yersin, and Maurice Denis. After him are Max Reinhardt, Julius Fučík, Beatrice Webb, Jean Moulin, Gustav Vigeland, and Etty Hillesum.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Max Wertheimer ranks 85 out of 1,200. Before him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Jobst of Moravia (1351), Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787), and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644). After him are Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), Petr Pavel (1961), Victor Lustig (1890), and Josef Hoffmann (1870).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Czechia

Among psychologists born in Czechia, Max Wertheimer ranks 2. Before him are Sigmund Freud (1856). After him are Stanislav Grof (1931).

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