Kurt Goldstein Scientist

Kurt Goldstein (November 6, 1878 – September 19, 1965) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist. Goldstein created a holistic theory of the organism based on Gestalt theory which deeply influenced the development of Gestalt therapy. His most important book in German Der Aufbau des Organismus (1934) has been published again in English: The Organism (1995) with an introduction by Oliver Sacks. Goldstein was co-editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and was the first neurologist to determine the cause of Alien Hand Syndrome

Personal facts

Birth date	November 06, 1878
Birth place	Katowice , Province of Silesia
Nationality	Germany
Date of death	September 19, 1965
Place of death	New York City , New York
Known for	Holism Organismic theory

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doctoral advisor	Carl Wernicke
Field of study	Neurology
influenced	Carl Rogers Maurice Merleau-Ponty Abraham Maslow Alexander Luria Paul Tillich Georges Canguilhem Fritz Perls Rollo May Aron Gurwitsch
influenced by	Carl Wernicke Oswald Külpe