# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-richard-slavson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:39.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-richard-slavson"
name: "Samuel Richard Slavson"
slug: "samuel-richard-slavson"
description: "Samuel Richard Slavson was an American engineer, journalist and teacher, who began to engage in group analysis in 1919. He is considered one of the pioneers of group psychotherapy for his contributions to its recognition as a scientific discipline. Slavson wrote over 20 books and served as the founding president of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). He also established children's group therapy and developed a specific small group model."
tagline: "American engineer, journalist, teacher and psychotherapist (1890-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1890-12-25"
deathDate: "1981-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469618666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slavson"
    title: "Samuel Slavson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سامويل ريتشارد سلاڤسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Slavson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8E%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Славсон Семюель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Richard_Slavson"
    title: "Samuel Richard Slavson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Славсон, Самуэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump