Max Weber

Max Weber

male, deceased (1920)
political science, German philosopher, sociologist of religion, public administration, German, occident…treaty of versailles, University of Vienna, University of Munich, University of Heidelberg, Freiburg University
Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (April 21, 1864 - June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders...
Kurt Lewin

Kurt Lewin

male, deceased (1947)
Mogilno, Kreis Mogilno, Wolfgang Kohler, Gestalt school of psychology, Province of Posen, Applied psychology…UniversityofBerlin, naturalized citizen of the United States
Kurt Zadek Lewin (September 9,1890 - February 12,1947), a German-born psychologist, is one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and...
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

male, deceased (1972)
Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, Pacifist, From Warsaw, APT, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, panentheist…UniversityofBerlin, Philosopher of Judaism
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a...
Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen

male, deceased (1903)
politician, Classicist, Historian of antiquity, writer, journalist, Archaeologist…law of obligations, University of Kiel, University of Zurich, University of Leipzig, Leipzig University
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (November 30 1817-November 1, 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician,...

Richard Willstätter

male, deceased (1942)
Jewish, German, Chemist, scientist, karlsruhe, baden…University of Munich, University of Zurich, UniversityofBerlin
Richard Martin Willstätter was a Jewish-German organic chemist whose study of the structure of plant pigments, chlorophyll included, won him the 1...
Wolfgang Köhler

Wolfgang Köhler

male, deceased (1967)
Universal, Swarthmore College, Psychologist, German, Canary Islands, american psychological association…Mentality of Apes, UniversityofBerlin
Wolfgang Köhler (January 21, 1887, Reval (now Tallinn), Estonia – June 11, 1967, New Hampshire) was a German Gestalt psychologist. In 1909 he rec...
Friedrich Meinecke

Friedrich Meinecke

male, deceased (1954)
World War II, historian, anti-Semitic, German, university of bonn, liberal…UniversityofBerlin
Friedrich Meinecke (October 30, 1862-February 6, 1954) was a liberal German historian; and probably the most famous German historian of his...
Kurt Koffka

Kurt Koffka

male, deceased (1941)
Psychologist, gestalt psychology, German, gestalt, Smith College, Psychological Bulletin…University of Frankfurt, UniversityofBerlin, Principles of Gestalt Psychology, University of Giessen, Ph.D. from the University of Berlin
Kurt Koffka was a Gestalt psychologist. In 1909 he received his PhD from the University of Berlin. Together with Wolfgang Köhler he became a...
Moritz Schlick

Moritz Schlick

male, deceased (1936)
German, logic, logical positivism, Vienna Circle, philosophy of science, philosopher…special theory of relativity, University of Vienna, UniversityofBerlin
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. Schlick was born in Berlin to a...
Carl Ritter

Carl Ritter

male, deceased (1859)
Geographer, German, geography, UniversityofBerlin, from Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin Geographical Society
Carl Ritter (August 7, 1779 - September 28, 1859) was a German geographer. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the founders...