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Immanuel Velikovsky

1895 - 1979

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Immanuel Velikovsky (; Russian: Иммануи́л Велико́вский, IPA: [ɪmənʊˈil vʲɪlʲɪˈkofskʲɪj]; 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1895 – 17 November 1979) was a Russian-American psychoanalyst, writer, and catastrophist. He is the author of several books offering pseudohistorical interpretations of ancient history, including the U.S. bestseller Worlds in Collision published in 1950. Velikovsky's work is frequently cited as a canonical example of pseudoscience and has been used as an example of the demarcation problem. His books use comparative mythology and ancient literary sources (including the Old Testament) to argue that Earth suffered catastrophic close contacts with other planets (principally Venus and Mars) in ancient history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Immanuel Velikovsky is the 3,508th most popular writer (down from 3,488th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 115th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belarusian Writer.

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Among writers, Immanuel Velikovsky ranks 3,508 out of 7,302. Before him are Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Enrique Vila-Matas, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Susan Brownmiller, Kir Bulychev, and Corippus. After him are John Winthrop, Richard Hakluyt, Liza Marklund, Jakob Hurt, Anthony Horowitz, and Kálmán Mikszáth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Immanuel Velikovsky ranks 164. Before him are Corrado Alvaro, Rudolph Minkowski, Jankel Adler, Fedor Ozep, Morris Kirksey, and Walter Bedell Smith. After him are Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Earl Thomson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Nigel Bruce, Georg Muche, and John Ainsworth-Davis. Among people deceased in 1979, Immanuel Velikovsky ranks 138. Before him are Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Kurt Jooss, Ferenc Nagy, Amedeo Biavati, Paul Dessau, and Pedro Arico Suárez. After him are Aleksei Kapler, Amedeo Nazzari, George Seaton, Ludwig Renn, Ted Cassidy, and Henri Anspach.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Immanuel Velikovsky ranks 110 out of 368. Before him are Vasily Ignatenko (1961), Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950), Leonid Mandelstam (1879), Jerzy Giedroyc (1906), Aryna Sabalenka (1998), and Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898). After him are Tuvia Bielski (1906), Walery Antoni Wróblewski (1836), Valeriya Novodvorskaya (1950), Romuald Traugutt (1826), Radasłaŭ Astroŭski (1887), and Michael Rohoza (1540).

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Among WRITERS In Belarus

Among writers born in Belarus, Immanuel Velikovsky ranks 21. Before him are Zivia Lubetkin (1914), Itzhak Katzenelson (1886), Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758), Symeon of Polotsk (1629), Jerzy Giedroyc (1906), and Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898). After him are Ryhor Baradulin (1935), Alaiza Pashkevich (1876), Thaddeus Bulgarin (1789), Walter Anderson (1885), Aleksandr Volodin (1919), and Evgeny Morozov (1984).

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