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Wolfgang Köhler
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- Born
- 1887
- Died
- 1967
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Phases of European psychology
- L'intelligence des singes supérieurs
- Intelligenzprüfungen an anthropoiden. 1.-
- Gestalt psychology
- Die physischen Gestalten in Ruhe und im stationären Zustand
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Key facts
- Born
- 21 January 1887, Reval (now Tallinn ) , Governorate of Estonia , Russian Empire
- Died
- 11 June 1967 (1967-06-11) (aged 80), Enfield, New Hampshire , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Bonn
- Thesis
- Akustische Untersuchungen (Acoustic investigations) (1909)
- Doctoral advisor
- Carl Stumpf
- Other advisor
- Max Planck
- School
- Gestalt psychology , Berlin School of experimental psychology , Phenomenological psychology
- Institutions
- University of Berlin , Swarthmore College , Dartmouth College
- Doctoral students
- Carl Gustav Hempel , Karl Popper
- Main interests
- Psychology
- Notable ideas
- Psychology of problem solving
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wolfgang
- Family name
- Köhler
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Tallinn
- Place of death
- Enfield
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Carl Stumpf
- Field of work
- psychology
- Image
- Wolfgang Köhler.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1887-01-21
- date of death
- 1967-06-11
- Commons category
- Wolfgang Kohler
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- Wolfgang Köhler
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Encyclopedic overview
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 continued research. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Köhler as the 50th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolfgang Köhler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.