Dimitri Uznadze

Dimitri Uznadze (December 2, 1886 – October 9, 1950) was a Georgian psychologist and professor of psychology. He was a co-founder of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). Uznadze was born in the village of Sakara, Kutaisi province, Western Georgia, to a peasant family. He was expelled from Kutaisi high school for his involvement in the 1905 revolution. He pursued his higher education in Germany, graduating from Leipzig University in 1909 and earning a PhD from the University of Wittenberg in 1910. He also graduated from Kharkiv University in 1913. Returning to Georgia, he taught history and served as headmaster before helping to establish TSU after the October Revolution. From 1918 until his death, he was a Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at TSU. In 1935, he obtained a Dr.Sci. degree in Psychology. In 1941, he co-founded the Georgian Academy of Sciences and became the first Director of its Institute of Psychology. In 1946, he was honored with the title Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia. Uznadze's main fields were philosophy and psychology. He developed the Theory of Attitude and Set and founded the Georgian school of the psychology of pedagogics. His major works include "Wladimir Solowjow: seine Erkenntnistheorie und Metaphysik" (1910), "Henri Bergson" (1923), "Untersuchungen zur Psychologie der Einstellung" (1939), "The Psychology of Set" (1966), and "Psychological Investigations" (1966). He died in Tbilisi and is buried at the Tbilisi State University garden.