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G. Stanley Hall

1846 - 1924

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Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1844 – April 24, 1924) was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard University in the nineteenth century. His interests focused on human life span development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University. A 2002 survey by Review of General Psychology ranked Hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Lewis Terman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. Stanley Hall is the 86th most popular psychologist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,406th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Psychologist.

G. Stanley Hall was a psychologist who studied the development of children. He is most famous for his work in the field of developmental psychology.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, G. Stanley Hall ranks 86 out of 235. Before him are David Wechsler, George Armitage Miller, Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, Hugo Münsterberg, and Ludwig Binswanger. After him are Edward C. Tolman, Harry Stack Sullivan, Auguste Forel, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Benjamin Bloom, and David McClelland.

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Among people born in 1846, G. Stanley Hall ranks 22. Before him are Émile Gallé, Eusebi Güell, Nectarios of Aegina, Anna Dostoevskaya, Tokugawa Iemochi, and Karl von Bülow. After him are Franz Mehring, Léon Bloy, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Oskar Backlund, Antonio Abetti, and Mariam Baouardy. Among people deceased in 1924, G. Stanley Hall ranks 30. Before him are Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, Karl Denke, Teófilo Braga, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., and Paul Natorp. After him are Helge von Koch, Lyubov Popova, Fernand Cormon, Ziya Gökalp, Franz von Bayros, and Arne Garborg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, G. Stanley Hall ranks 1,737 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Dern (1936), Dan Schneider (1966), Ben Stiller (1965), Ed O'Neill (1946), Robert Pine (1941), and Elliot Richardson (1920). After him are Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Archie Hahn (1880), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Richard Farnsworth (1920), and Robert Sheckley (1928).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, G. Stanley Hall ranks 27. Before him are Leon Festinger (1919), Raymond Moody (1944), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), and Timothy Leary (1920). After him are Edward C. Tolman (1886), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), and Walter Bradford Cannon (1871).

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