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Ovide Decroly

1871 - 1932

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Jean-Ovide Decroly (Ronse, 23 July 1871 – Uccle, 10 September 1932) was a Belgian teacher and psychologist. He studied medicine at the University of Ghent, with half a year at the University of Berlin where he studied the action of toxins and antitoxins on general nutrition in 1898. He later worked with (mentally) handicapped children at the neurological clinic in Brussels. Decroly founded The Hermitage School in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ovide Decroly is the 133rd most popular psychologist (down from 127th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 256th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ovide Decroly ranks 133 out of 235. Before him are René Spitz, Otto F. Kernberg, Robert Cialdini, Helene Deutsch, Henri Wallon, and Clark L. Hull. After him are Jonathan Haidt, John Money, Ernest Jones, Elizabeth Loftus, Charlotte Bühler, and Steven Pinker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Ovide Decroly ranks 55. Before him are John Sloan, Fedor Tokarev, Erich von Tschermak, Jovan Dučić, Giuseppe Motta, and Mariano Fortuny. After him are Benjamin I of Constantinople, Hermann Abert, Cesare Mori, Gustavs Zemgals, Camille Huysmans, and Friedrich Akel. Among people deceased in 1932, Ovide Decroly ranks 49. Before him are Alexander Grin, José Félix Uriburu, Harriet Backer, John Philip Sousa, Louis Anquetin, and Patrick Geddes. After him are Pēteris Stučka, Paolo Boselli, Ignaz Seipel, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Rudolf Bauer, and Emil Orlík.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ovide Decroly ranks 294 out of 1,190. Before him are Bart De Wever (1970), Max Verstappen (1997), James Weddell (1787), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Violetta Villas (1938), and Rimbert (830). After him are Guido Gezelle (1830), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Fernando (null), William of Moerbeke (1215), Georges Leekens (1949), and Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among psychologists born in Belgium, Ovide Decroly ranks 1. 

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