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José Ingenieros

He was born in Palermo (Italy), and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine in 1900. Ingenieros was philosophically influenced by Herbert Spencer and Auguste Comte, and wrote a very important philosophical and social work, "El hombre mediocre" (The Mediocre Man), in 1913. Ingenieros founded the Buenos Aires Institute of Criminology in 1907 and the Argentine Psychological Society in 1908; he was elected President of the Argentine Medical Association in 1909.

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Revista argentina PBT. 26 de noviembre de 1904. · http: publicaciones.bn.gob.ar/s1/001207731/1904/BNA_S001207731_19041126N010.pdf · Public domain

Name
José Ingenieros
Born
24 April 1877
Birthplace
Palermo, Italy
Died
31 October 1925
Place of death
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
Argentina
Occupation
psychologist · writer · philosopher · sociologist · psychiatrist · university teacher · physician
Fields
psychology · philosophy
Education
Faculty of Medical Sciences and University of Buenos Aires · National School of Buenos Aires
Languages
Spanish

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He was born in Palermo (Italy), and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine in 1900. Ingenieros was philosophically influenced by Herbert Spencer and Auguste Comte, and wrote a very important philosophical and social work, "El hombre mediocre" (The Mediocre Man), in 1913. Ingenieros founded the Buenos Aires Institute of Criminology in 1907 and the Argentine Psychological Society in 1908; he was elected President of the Argentine Medical Association in 1909.

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