PSYCHOLOGIST

James McKeen Cattell

1860 - 1944

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James McKeen Cattell (May 25, 1860 – January 20, 1944) was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, including Science, and served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science from 1921 to 1944. At the beginning of Cattell's career, many scientists regarded psychology simply as a minor field of study, or as a pseudoscience like phrenology. Cattell helped establish psychology as a legitimate science, worthy of study at the highest levels of the academy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James McKeen Cattell is the 116th most popular psychologist (down from 89th in 2019), the 2,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,607th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, James McKeen Cattell ranks 116 out of 235. Before him are Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, Marie-Louise von Franz, and William McDougall. After him are Bluma Zeigarnik, Heinz Kohut, Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, Jean Tatlock, and Thomas Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, James McKeen Cattell ranks 46. Before him are Isaac Levitan, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Jules Laforgue, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, and Sergey Sazonov. After him are William Kennedy Dickson, Friedrich Naumann, Paul Gustav Fischer, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, and Charles Lwanga. Among people deceased in 1944, James McKeen Cattell ranks 104. Before him are Ethel Smyth, Hannah Szenes, Tokutaro Ukon, Kurt Gerron, Paul Poiret, and Robert E. Park. After him are Peter Deunov, Paul Cornu, Jean Tatlock, Harold Lowe, Takeo Takagi, and Rudolf Schmundt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James McKeen Cattell ranks 2,569 out of 20,380. Before him are Rosie Perez (1964), William Labov (1927), Glenn Frey (1948), Albert King (1923), Nora Ephron (1941), and Candy Darling (1944). After him are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), John Savage (1949), Lee Majors (1939), Robert Smithson (1938), R. L. Stine (1943), and Bettie Page (1923).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, James McKeen Cattell ranks 38. Before him are Rollo May (1909), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Carol Gilligan (1936), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), and Robert Sternberg (1949). After him are Jean Tatlock (1914), Thomas Gordon (1918), Robert Plutchik (1927), Benjamin Spock (1903), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Clark L. Hull (1884).

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