ANTHROPOLOGIST

Franco Basaglia

1924 - 1980

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Franco Basaglia (Italian: [ˈfraŋko baˈzaʎʎa]; 11 March 1924 – 29 August 1980) was an Italian psychiatrist, neurologist,: 32  professor,: 123 : 183  and disability advocate who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer,: 213  figurehead and founder of Democratic Psychiatry,: 165 : 126  architect,: 8  and principal proponent of Law 180,: 70  which abolished mental hospitals in Italy. He is considered to be the most influential Italian psychiatrist of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Basaglia is the 35th most popular anthropologist (down from 34th in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,432nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Franco Basaglia ranks 35 out of 93. Before him are Marshall Sahlins, Marc Augé, Fredrik Barth, Richard Leakey, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, and Henry Fairfield Osborn. After him are Pierre Clastres, Cheikh Anta Diop, Marcel Griaule, David Graeber, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, and Edwin H. Colbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Franco Basaglia ranks 151. Before him are Bud Powell, Allan Edwall, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Cicely Tyson, and Haim Bar-Lev. After him are Chet Atkins, Gilbert Simondon, Michel Constantin, William Auld, Girija Prasad Koirala, and Carlo Bergonzi. Among people deceased in 1980, Franco Basaglia ranks 104. Before him are Ernst Ocwirk, Lil Dagover, Rolf Nevanlinna, Bert Kaempfert, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Gabriel González Videla. After him are Yahya Khan, Luigi Longo, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Alexander Mach, and André Leducq.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2,294 out of 5,161. Before him are Mariangela Melato (1941), Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Jacopo Amigoni (1682), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), and Teodolfo Mertel (1806). After him are Massimo Girotti (1918), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817), Franco Causio (1949), Spurius Cassius Viscellinus (-540), Demetrio Albertini (1971), and Benedetto da Maiano (1442).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Italy

Among anthropologists born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2. Before him are Mary Douglas (1921). After him are Paolo Mantegazza (1831).

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