Everything about Dimitri Uznadze totally explained
Dimitri Uznadze (
დიმიტრი უზნაძე in
Georgian.
December 2,
1886 -
October 9,
1950) was a famous
Georgian psychologist, philosopher and public benefactor, founder of the Georgian scientific school of
Psychology, co-founder of the
Tbilisi State University (TSU),
Academician and co-founder of the
Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Meritorious Science Worker of
Georgia, Dr.Sci., Professor.
Life and works
Dimitri Uznadze was born in
1886, in small village
Sakara (Western Georgia). In
1904 he graduated from the
Georgian Gymnasium in
Kutaisi. In
1909 Uznadze graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the
Leipzig University (
Germany). In
1910 he received PhD degree at the
University of Wittenberg (
Halle,
Germany).
In 1910-1917 he was teacher of world history of the
Kutaisi Georgian Gymnasium.
In
1918 Uznadze co-founded the
Tbilisi State University (TSU). Other founders of this University were outstanding Georgian scientists
Ivane Javakhishvili,
Ekvtime Takaishvili,
Shalva Nutsubidze,
Akaki Shanidze,
Giorgi Akhvlediani,
Andria Razmadze,
Iosif Kipshidze,
Petre Melikishvili, etc.
In
1918 -
1950 Uznadze was Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology of TSU. In
1935 he received Dr.Sci. degree in Psychology (full doctor).
In
1941 he co-founded the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). In
1941 -
1950 he was first Director of the Institute of Psychology of the GAS (now the
Uznadze Institute of Psychology).
In
1946 Uznadze received title of Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia.
Main fields of scientific activity of Dimitri Uznadze were: philosophy, history of philosophy, theory of upbringing, experimental pedagogics, etc. He was also author of well-known
Theory of Attitude and Set and founder of Georgian school of the psychology of pedagogics. Uznadze's main scientific works are: "Wladimir Solowjow: seine Erkenntnistheorie und Metaphysik" (a monograph, in German,
Halle, 1910); "Henri Bergson" (a monograph, in Russian,
Tbilisi, 1923); "Untersuchungen zur Psychologie der Einstellung" ("Acta Psychologica", Vol.IV, No.3, 1939, in German); "The Psychology of Set" (a monograph, in English,
New York, 1966); "Psychological Investigations" (In Russian, English summary,
Moscow, 1966).
Uznadze died on
October 9,
1950, in Tbilisi. He is buried in the garden of the Tbilisi State University.
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