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Kurt Zadek Lewin

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mogilno, Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: February 12, 1947 (56)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States (heart attack)
Place of Burial: Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Louis Leopold Lewin and Recha Lewin
Husband of Gertrude Lewin, MA
Ex-husband of Maria Lewin
Father of Agnes Lewin; Fritz Reuven Lewin; Miriam Anne Lewin, PhD. and Daniel Lewin, Ph.D
Brother of Alice Lewin; Hertha Putzrath; Egon L. Lewin and Fritz Lewin

Occupation: Psychologist
Managed by: David Feiler-Kalmar
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About Kurt Lewin, PhD.

Migrated to the US in 1933 from Poland on the Bremen. Became a US citizen in 1940 Experimental psychologist. Pioneer in social psychology. Influential in work on child development and human motivation. MIT- Research Center for Group Dynamics

http://infed.org/mobi/kurt-lewin-groups-experiential-learning-and-a...

  • Emigration: 1934 - New York, United States
  • Residence: Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Emigration: 1934 - New York, United States
  • Residence: Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Kurt Lewin, PhD.'s Timeline

1890
September 9, 1890
Mogilno, Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
1923
1923
1924
1924

Fritz was named after Kurt's dead brother.

1931
April 22, 1931
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1933
July 5, 1933
Berlin, Deutschland (Germany)
1947
February 12, 1947
Age 56
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
February 12, 1947
Age 56
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States