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Benjamin Bloom

1913 - 1999

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Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist and didactician who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. He has greatly influenced the practices and philosophies of educators around the world from the latter part of the twentieth century. Perhaps his most significant contribution to the field of education was developing a comprehensive system of describing, assessing and classifying educational outcomes, now known as Bloom's taxonomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Bloom is the 91st most popular psychologist (up from 97th in 2019), the 1,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,704th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Benjamin Bloom ranks 91 out of 235. Before him are Ludwig Binswanger, G. Stanley Hall, Edward C. Tolman, Harry Stack Sullivan, Auguste Forel, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. After him are David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, V. S. Ramachandran, Vladimir Bekhterev, R. D. Laing, and Rollo May.

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Among people born in 1913, Benjamin Bloom ranks 73. Before him are Mark Robson, Vinicius de Moraes, Gert Fröbe, Joe Simon, Gerda Christian, and Lloyd Bridges. After him are Edward Gierek, Robert Adler, Boris Pahor, Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Sergey Mikhalkov. Among people deceased in 1999, Benjamin Bloom ranks 47. Before him are Amintore Fanfani, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Elliot Richardson, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are Joe D'Amato, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Grover Washington Jr., Lajos Tichy, Bernard Buffet, and André Martinet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Bloom ranks 1,906 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Loggia (1930), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), and Kim Carnes (1945). After him are Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Carroll Baker (1931), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ryan Murphy (1965), and William Henry Pickering (1858).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Benjamin Bloom ranks 30. Before him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Timothy Leary (1920), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Edward C. Tolman (1886), and Harry Stack Sullivan (1892). After him are David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Carol Gilligan (1936), Frederick Herzberg (1923), and Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944).

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