PSYCHOLOGIST

Benjamin Spock

1903 - 1998

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Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903–March 15, 1998), widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American pediatrician, Olympian athlete and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. The book's premise told mothers, "You know more than you think you do." Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Spock is the 124th most popular psychologist (up from 151st in 2019), the 2,786th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,251st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Benjamin Spock ranks 124 out of 235. Before him are Heinz Kohut, Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, Jean Tatlock, Thomas Gordon, and Robert Plutchik. After him are Émile Coué, Frederic Bartlett, René Spitz, Otto F. Kernberg, Robert Cialdini, and Helene Deutsch.

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Among people born in 1903, Benjamin Spock ranks 100. Before him are Silvina Ocampo, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Nikos Zachariadis, Victor Brauner, Elisha Cook Jr., and Arpad Elo. After him are Mary Norton, Watchman Nee, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Adelbert Schulz, Anny Ondra, and Georges Politzer. Among people deceased in 1998, Benjamin Spock ranks 86. Before him are Sōsuke Uno, László Szabó, Frithjof Schuon, Haxhi Lleshi, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Maureen O'Sullivan. After him are Remo Giazotto, Aymoré Moreira, Muriel Humphrey Brown, César Baldaccini, Momoko Kōchi, and J. T. Walsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Spock ranks 2,786 out of 20,380. Before him are Caroline Kennedy (1957), Ella Grasso (1919), Jeb Bush (1953), Frederik Pohl (1919), Dan Inosanto (1936), and James Levine (1943). After him are E. E. Cummings (1894), Gordon Cooper (1927), Richard Bassett (1745), Nancy Roman (1925), Robert B. Wilson (1937), and Brittany Murphy (1977).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Benjamin Spock ranks 42. Before him are Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Jean Tatlock (1914), Thomas Gordon (1918), and Robert Plutchik (1927). After him are Robert Cialdini (1945), Clark L. Hull (1884), Jonathan Haidt (1963), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), J. P. Guilford (1897), and Brian Weiss (1944).

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