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August Dvorak

1894 - 1975

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August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 9, 1975) was an American educational psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak keyboard layout in the 1930s as a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard layout. While his name is pronounced [ˈdvor̝aːk], with the ř roughly as a simultaneous trilled [r] and [ʒ] due to him being of Czech descent, Dvorak's family in the U.S. pronounces it , with an English r. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Dvorak is the 224th most popular psychologist (down from 221st in 2019), the 9,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,882nd in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, August Dvorak ranks 224 out of 235. Before him are Robert Yerkes, Elsa Cayat, Joseph Nicolosi, Uta Frith, David Buss, and Simon Baron-Cohen. After him are Robert S. Woodworth, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Sherry Turkle, Jonathan Kellerman, and Evelyn Hooker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, August Dvorak ranks 239. Before him are Curt Backeberg, Alan Crosland, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, Arthur Fadden, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, and Roger Vercel. After him are Kazimierz Wierzyński, Ludwig Wrede, Viktor Vinogradov, Alexander Hall, Earl Eby, and Boris Shchukin. Among people deceased in 1975, August Dvorak ranks 242. Before him are Inga Tidblad, Belle Moore, Franz Bistricky, Lancelot Hogben, Marino Klinger, and Andrzej Mostowski. After him are Beatrix Loughran, Minta Durfee, Lionel Tertis, Joseph Calleia, Leslie Boardman, and Frithjof Sælen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, August Dvorak ranks 9,746 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry McDermott (1940), Michael Novak (1933), John Kander (1927), Kathryn Crosby (1933), Edwin Booth (1833), and Julian Casablancas (1978). After him are Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Daniel Everett (1951), Lou Pearlman (1954), Roger Clemens (1962), and Bobby Hutcherson (1941).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, August Dvorak ranks 80. Before him are Julian Jaynes (1920), Neal E. Miller (1909), Lee Cronbach (1916), Robert Yerkes (1876), Joseph Nicolosi (1947), and David Buss (1953). After him are Robert S. Woodworth (1869), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Sherry Turkle (1948), Jonathan Kellerman (1949), Evelyn Hooker (1907), and Arthur Jensen (1923).

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