PSYCHOLOGIST

Michael Balint

1896 - 1970

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Michael Balint (Hungarian: Mihály Bálint [ˈmihaːj ˈbaːlint]; 3 December 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst who spent most of his adult life in England. He was a proponent of the object relations school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Balint is the 109th most popular psychologist (down from 104th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 170th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Michael Balint ranks 109 out of 235Before him are Donald O. Hebb, Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Frans de Waal, and Otto Gross. After him are Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, Marie-Louise von Franz, and William McDougall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Michael Balint ranks 77Before him are Otto Hofmann, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Ruth Gordon, Mark W. Clark, Aspasia Manos, and Mao Dun. After him are Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ville Ritola, Carlos P. Garcia, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, J. Carrol Naish, and Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa. Among people deceased in 1970, Michael Balint ranks 73Before him are Zeki Velidi Togan, Fritz Bayerlein, Sheng Shicai, Friedrich Kellner, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, and Giuseppe Ungaretti. After him are Wilhelm Schepmann, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Roman Ingarden, Marlen Haushofer, Ludolf von Alvensleben, and Jan Syrový.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Michael Balint ranks 193 out of 1,077Before him are Valamir (420), Hannah Szenes (1921), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), István Dobi (1898), and Attila József (1905). After him are György Konrád (1933), Adolph Zukor (1873), Miklós Zrínyi (1620), André Kertész (1894), Miklós Németh (1948), and Ferenc Erkel (1810).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Hungary

Among psychologists born in Hungary, Michael Balint ranks 3Before him are Sándor Ferenczi (1873), and Margaret Mahler (1897). After him are Franz Alexander (1891).