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Wolfgang Köhler

1887 - 1967

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Wolfgang Köhler (German: [ˈkøːlɐ]; 21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology. During the Nazi regime in Germany, he protested against the dismissal of Jewish professors from universities, as well as the requirement that professors give a Nazi salute at the beginning of their classes. In 1935 he left the country for the United States, where Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania offered him a professorship. He taught with its faculty for 20 years, and did continuing research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Köhler is the 45th most popular psychologist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Psychologist.

Wolfgang Köhler is most famous for his work with apes in the wild, and his research on the intelligence of apes.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 45 out of 235. Before him are Albert Ellis, Eric Berne, John Bowlby, Lawrence Kohlberg, Sabina Spielrein, and Donald Winnicott. After him are Alfred Kinsey, Max Wertheimer, Milton H. Erickson, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Elton Mayo, and Kurt Koffka.

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Among people born in 1887, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 34. Before him are Chūichi Nagumo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Felix Yusupov, Ruth Benedict, Jack Phillips, and August Macke. After him are Nikolai Vavilov, Lothar Rendulic, Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Erich Mendelsohn. Among people deceased in 1967, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 32. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Rodion Malinovsky, Johannes Itten, Casimir Funk, Felix Yusupov, and John Coltrane. After him are Woody Guthrie, Hermann Joseph Muller, Norman Angell, John Cockcroft, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Françoise Dorléac.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 10 out of 351. Before him are Emil Lenz (1804), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Konstantin Päts (1874), and Lennart Meri (1929). After him are Paul Keres (1916), Kaja Kallas (1977), Louis Kahn (1901), Alar Karis (1958), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), and Siim Kallas (1948).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Estonia

Among psychologists born in Estonia, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 1. After him are Jaak Panksepp (1943).

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