Jean-Maurice Lahy
French sociologist, psychologist & academic
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| Intro | French sociologist, psychologist & academic | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Psychologist | |
| Work field | Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 7 August 1872, La Réole, France | |
| Death | 22 August 1943Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois, France (aged 71 years) | |
| Star sign | Leo |
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Jean-Maurice Lahy (born 7 August 1872 in La Réole, Gironde, died 22 August 1943 in Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois, Creuse) was a French physiologist and sociologist, and an important contributor to the European Science of Work in the early 20th century. He spearheaded a thorough critique and revision of F.W Taylor's system of scientific management, upon its introduction into French factories.
Lahy, a Freemason and Communist with some links to the French Resistance, died of a suspected heart attack while preparing to flee the Gestapo. The exact circumstances of his death remained clouded for many years.