PSYCHOLOGIST

Frans de Waal

1948 - 2024

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Franciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal (29 October 1948 – 14 March 2024) was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. He was the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory, and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics (1982) and Our Inner Ape (2005). His research centered on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans de Waal is the 107th most popular psychologist (up from 128th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 317th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Frans de Waal ranks 107 out of 235. Before him are Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. After him are Otto Gross, Michael Balint, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, and Havelock Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Frans de Waal ranks 139. Before him are Toshio Suzuki, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Lluís Llach, Barbara Hershey, Johnny Ramone, and Helmuth Koinigg. After him are Hema Malini, Tony Gatlif, Joschka Fischer, Hans Rosling, Devlet Bahçeli, and Jimmy Choo. Among people deceased in 2024, Frans de Waal ranks 121. Before him are Glynis Johns, Artur Jorge, Fumihiko Maki, Jürgen Moltmann, Liam Payne, and Jerry West. After him are Paul Di'Anno, Shannen Doherty, William Russell, Neale Fraser, James Sikking, and Leif Segerstam.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frans de Waal ranks 253 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Wim Suurbier (1945), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), Johann Weyer (1515), Nicolaes Maes (1634), and Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527). After him are Willem van Hanegem (1944), Geert Groote (1340), Dick Bruna (1927), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Ton Koopman (1944), and William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among psychologists born in Netherlands, Frans de Waal ranks 2. Before him are Geert Hofstede (1928). After him are Henri Nouwen (1932), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and C. George Boeree (1952).

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