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James Flynn

1934 - 2020

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James Robert Flynn (28 April 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an American-born New Zealand moral philosopher and intelligence researcher. Originally from Washington, D.C., and educated at the University of Chicago, Flynn emigrated to Dunedin in 1963, where he taught political studies at the University of Otago. He was noted for his publications about the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores throughout the world, which is now referred to as the Flynn effect. In addition to his academic work, he championed social democratic politics throughout his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Flynn is the 26th most popular political scientist (up from 39th in 2019), the 4,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,465th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, James Flynn ranks 26 out of 46. Before him are Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Graham Allison, Karine Jean-Pierre, Rahime Perestu Sultan, Ilan Pappé, and Arend Lijphart. After him are Charles Murray, Norman Finkelstein, William Graham Sumner, Robert D. Putnam, Michel Pablo, and Hayranidil Kadın.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, James Flynn ranks 210. Before him are Ralph Nader, Nicholas Liverpool, Bernard Chiarelli, Frankie Valli, Nino Ferrer, and Carel Godin de Beaufort. After him are Rue McClanahan, Oleg Basilashvili, Rudi Carrell, Lau Kar-leung, Gino Paoli, and Stefan Abadzhiev. Among people deceased in 2020, James Flynn ranks 238. Before him are Nexhmije Pagarusha, Pierre Buyoya, Mario Corso, Gisèle Halimi, Zindzi Mandela, and Orson Bean. After him are Bobby Morrow, Éva Székely, Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, Jack Welch, and Ken Shimura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Flynn ranks 4,334 out of 20,380. Before him are Victoria Nuland (1961), Tony Musante (1936), Georgia Hale (1900), John Michael Talbot (1954), Jack Haley (1898), and Orson Bean (1928). After him are Warren Oates (1928), Ira Gershwin (1896), Dakota Johnson (1989), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Franz Kline (1910), and Kevin Sorbo (1958).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, James Flynn ranks 9. Before him are Francis Fukuyama (1952), Harold Lasswell (1902), Joseph Nye (1937), John Mearsheimer (1947), Gene Sharp (1928), and Graham Allison (1940). After him are Charles Murray (1943), Norman Finkelstein (1953), William Graham Sumner (1840), Robert D. Putnam (1941), Robert Keohane (1941), and Alexis Herman (1947).

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