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René Spitz

1887 - 1974

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René Árpád Spitz (German: [ʃpɪts]; January 29, 1887 – September 14, 1974) was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst. He is best known for his analysis of hospitalized infants in which he found links between marasmus and death with unmothered infants. Spitz also made significant contributions to the school of ego psychology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Spitz is the 127th most popular psychologist (down from 101st in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Austria (down from 350th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, René Spitz ranks 127 out of 235. Before him are Jean Tatlock, Thomas Gordon, Robert Plutchik, Benjamin Spock, Émile Coué, and Frederic Bartlett. After him are Otto F. Kernberg, Robert Cialdini, Helene Deutsch, Henri Wallon, Clark L. Hull, and Ovide Decroly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, René Spitz ranks 92. Before him are George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Korechika Anami, Josef Lada, Avery Brundage, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Wilhelm Kube. After him are Rudolph Lewis, Octave Lapize, Louis Jouvet, Miklós Kállay, Hanns Kerrl, and Antanas Merkys. Among people deceased in 1974, René Spitz ranks 69. Before him are James J. Braddock, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Josef Krips, Lajos Zilahy, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, and Jean Absil. After him are Gino Cervi, Donald Crisp, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Bill Finger, Jean Daniélou, and Charlotte Bühler.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, René Spitz ranks 444 out of 1,424. Before him are Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Gitta Sereny (1921), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), and Hanns Albin Rauter (1895). After him are Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), Lotte Lenya (1898), Marisa Mell (1939), Jack Unterweger (1951), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Erich von Tschermak (1871).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, René Spitz ranks 10. Before him are Melanie Klein (1882), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), Otto Gross (1877), and Heinz Kohut (1913). After him are Otto F. Kernberg (1928), Walter Mischel (1930), Emma Eckstein (1865), Fritz Heider (1896), Karl H. Pribram (1919), and Marie Jahoda (1907).

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