Hermann Rorschach
Psychiatrists

Hermann Rorschach Net Worth

Hermann Rorschach, born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1884, is best known for his development of the Rorschach Inkblot test. His fascination with art and inkblots from childhood led him to pursue a career in medicine and psychiatry, and he used his knowledge of klecksography to create a series of inkblot tests to help psychiatrists understand their patients' subconscious personalities. His tests are now used in a variety of fields, including military training and career counseling.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Swiss psychiatrist
Birth Day November 08, 1884
Birth Place Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss
Age 135 YEARS OLD
Died On 1 April 1922(1922-04-01) (aged 37)\nHerisau, Switzerland
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Known for Rorschach test
Fields Psychiatry, psychometrics
Influences Eugen Bleuler

💰 Net worth

Hermann Rorschach, the renowned Swiss psychiatrist known for his pioneering work in the field of psychoanalysis, is currently estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. Born in Switzerland, Rorschach's influential contribution to psychology lies in the development of the Rorschach inkblot test, a projective technique used to analyze individuals' perception and subconscious thoughts. His groundbreaking work heavily influenced the field of psychoanalysis, making him a significant figure in the history of psychology.

Biography/Timeline

1857

In 1857 German Doctor Justinus Kerner had published a popular book of poems, each of which was inspired by an accidental inkblot, and it has been speculated that the book was known to Rorschach. French Psychologist Alfred Binet had also experimented with inkblots as a creativity test.

1906

Rorschach's father, an art Teacher, encouraged him to express himself creatively through painting and drawing conventional pictures. As the time of his high school graduation approached, he could not decide between a career in art and one in science. He wrote a letter to the famous German Biologist Ernst Haeckel asking his advice. The scientist suggested science, and Rorschach enrolled in medical school at the University of Zurich. Rorschach began learning Russian, and in 1906, while studying in Berlin, he traveled to Russia for a holiday.

1909

Rorschach graduated in Medicine at Zurich in 1909 and at the same time became engaged to Olga Stempelin, a girl from Kazan (in the present-day Republic of Tatarstan, Russia). At the end of 1913, after graduation, he married Stempelin, and the couple moved to live in Russia. They had two children, a daughter Elizabeth (called "Lisa", 1917–2006) and a son, Ulrich Wadin (called "Wadim", 1919–2010). Neither Lisa nor Wadim had children, and thus Rorschach had no grandchildren and has no living descendants.

1914

By July 1914 Rorschach had returned to Switzerland, where he served as an assistant Director at the regional psychiatric hospital at Herisau, and in 1921 he wrote his book Psychodiagnostik, which was to form the basis of the inkblot test. In 2001, the inkblot test was criticised as pseudoscience and its use was declared controversial. In 2013 and 2015 two systemic reviews and meta-analyses were published that resulted in the criticism as pseudoscience to be lifted.

1922

One year after writing his book, Rorschach died of peritonitis, probably resulting from a ruptured appendix. He was still associate Director of the Herisau Hospital when he died at the age of 37, on 1 April 1922.

2013

In November 2013, Google celebrated the 129th anniversary of Rorschach's birth with a Google Doodle showing an interpretation of his inkblot test.

Some Hermann Rorschach images

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