PSYCHOLOGIST

Vladimir Bekhterev

1857 - 1927

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Бе́хтерев, IPA: [ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪf]; 20 January 1857 – 24 December 1927) was a Russian neurologist and the father of objective psychology. He is best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev’s disease. Moreover, he is known for his competition with Ivan Pavlov regarding the study of conditioned reflexes. The sudden circumstances of his death has led to rumours that he died on the orders of Joseph Stalin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Bekhterev is the 95th most popular psychologist (down from 94th in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Russia (up from 484th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Vladimir Bekhterev ranks 95 out of 235. Before him are Auguste Forel, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Benjamin Bloom, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and V. S. Ramachandran. After him are R. D. Laing, Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, and Rudolf Arnheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Vladimir Bekhterev ranks 46. Before him are Otto von Below, Max Klinger, Wilhelm Johannsen, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Eugène Atget, and Williamina Fleming. After him are Mikhail Alekseyev, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Theodor Escherich, Theodor Kittelsen, Cyril Genik, and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1927, Vladimir Bekhterev ranks 32. Before him are Reginald Dyer, Max Hoffmann, Adolph Joffe, Eugène Atget, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, and Saad Zaghloul. After him are Jānis Čakste, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Shote Galica, Boris Kustodiev, Sisowath of Cambodia, and James Oliver Curwood.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Bekhterev ranks 458 out of 3,761. Before him are Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Mikhail of Tver (1271), False Dmitry II (1600), Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826), and Maria Spiridonova (1884). After him are Roza Shanina (1924), Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700), Pavel Milyukov (1859), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Nikolay Bobrikov (1839), and Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Russia

Among psychologists born in Russia, Vladimir Bekhterev ranks 4. Before him are Sabina Spielrein (1885), Alexander Luria (1902), and Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917). After him are Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Victor Skumin (1948), Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903), Endel Tulving (1927), and Natalia Bekhtereva (1924).

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