Jean-Maurice Lahy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Maurice Lahy

French sociologist, psychologist & academic

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1872

Place of Birth: La Réole, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 22-Aug-1943

Profession: psychologist, director of studies

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.