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| Birth date | January 8, 1902 | | Birth place | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. | | Death date | February 4, 1987(age 85) | | Death place | San Diego, California, U.S. | | Nationality | American | | Fields | Psychology | | Institutions | Ohio State UniversityUniversity of Chicago University of Wisconsin � MadisonWestern Behavioral Sciences InstituteCenter for Studies of the Person | | Alma mater | University of Wisconsin � Madison Teachers College, Columbia University | | Known for | The Person-centered approach (e.g., Client-centered therapy, Student-centered learning, Rogerian argument) | | Influences | Otto Rank, Kurt Goldstein, Friedrich Nietzsche | | Notable awards | Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1956, APA); Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice (1972, APA); 1964 Humanist of the Year (American Humanist Association) |
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'Carl Ransom Rogers' (January 8, 1902 � February 4, 1987) was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956.
The person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains such as psychotherapy and counseling (client-centered therapy), education (student-centered learning), organizations, and other group settings. For his professional work he was bestowed the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Psychology by the APA in 1972. Towards the end of his life Carl Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with national intergroup conflict in South Africa and Northern Ireland. In an empirical study by Haggbloom et al. (2002) using six criteria such as citations and recognition, Rogers was found to be the sixth most eminent psychologist of the 20th century and second, among clinicians, only to Sigmund Freud.
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