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Wilhelm Wundt

1832 - 1920

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Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (; German: [vʊnt]; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, and professor, one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and biology, was the first person to call himself a psychologist. He is widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology". In 1879, at the University of Leipzig, Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Wundt is the 7th most popular psychologist (up from 8th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Germany (down from 74th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Psychologist.

Wilhelm Wundt is most famous for being the father of psychology. He was a German physiologist and psychologist who founded the first laboratory for experimental psychology in 1879.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Wilhelm Wundt ranks 7 out of 235. Before him are Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Erich Fromm, Alfred Adler, and Abraham Maslow. After him are Lev Vygotsky, Jacques Lacan, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, John Dewey, and William James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Wilhelm Wundt ranks 6. Before him are Édouard Manet, Gustave Eiffel, Maximilian I of Mexico, Louisa May Alcott, and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. After him are Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, Gustave Doré, José Echegaray, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Among people deceased in 1920, Wilhelm Wundt ranks 3. Before him are Max Weber, and Amedeo Modigliani. After him are Srinivasa Ramanujan, Peter Carl Fabergé, Eugénie de Montijo, Alexander of Greece, Max Bruch, Robert Peary, Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, and Princess Margaret of Connaught.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Wundt ranks 87 out of 7,253. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Martin Bormann (1900), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955). After him are Erich von Manstein (1887), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Bruce Willis (1955), Clara Schumann (1819), Charles the Bald (823), and Nicholas of Cusa (1401).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Wilhelm Wundt ranks 2. Before him are Erich Fromm (1900). After him are Erik Erikson (1902), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Karen Horney (1885), Hans Eysenck (1916), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), and Karl Abraham (1877).

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