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Henry Murray

1893 - 1988

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Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psychologist at Harvard University. From 1959 to 1962, he conducted a series of psychologically damaging and purposefully abusive experiments on minors and undergraduate students. One of those students was Ted Kaczynski, later known as the Unabomber. Murray was Director of the Harvard Psychological Clinic in the School of Arts and Sciences after 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Murray is the 173rd most popular psychologist (down from 120th in 2019), the 4,834th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,256th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Henry Murray ranks 173 out of 235. Before him are Emma Eckstein, Rensis Likert, Dimitri Uznadze, Reuven Feuerstein, James Hillman, and Edgar Rubin. After him are Carol Dweck, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Benjamin Libet, Jean Laplanche, Edgar Schein, and Julian Rotter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Henry Murray ranks 161. Before him are Vicente Huidobro, Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Olga Baclanova, Huey Long, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, and Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Aarre Merikanto, Ramón Encinas, Cedric Hardwicke, Willy Böckl, Harry Stenqvist, and Harold Laski. Among people deceased in 1988, Henry Murray ranks 116. Before him are Erich Fried, Shen Congwen, Hillel Slovak, Ulanhu, Lygia Clark, and Irmgard Seefried. After him are Daniel Guérin, Pietro Arcari, Franca Raimondi, Cyril Jackson, Pete Maravich, and Mikha'il Na'ima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Murray ranks 4,834 out of 20,380. Before him are Hunter Biden (1970), Larry Hankin (1940), James Rollins (1961), Pat Buchanan (1938), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), and John Astin (1930). After him are Al Kooper (1944), Benjamin Rush (1745), Lana Rhoades (1996), David Lewis (1941), Blackie Lawless (1956), and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Henry Murray ranks 59. Before him are James J. Gibson (1904), Stanley Schachter (1922), Harry Harlow (1905), Arnold Gesell (1880), Rensis Likert (1903), and James Hillman (1926). After him are Benjamin Libet (1916), Julian Rotter (1916), Dan Ariely (1967), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Gustave Gilbert (1911), and Lewis Terman (1877).

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