PSYCHOLOGIST

John Bowlby

1907 - 1990

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Edward John Mostyn Bowlby (; 26 February 1907 – 2 September 1990) was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bowlby as the 49th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Bowlby is the 41st most popular psychologist (down from 40th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 431st in 2019) and the most popular British Psychologist.

John Bowlby is most famous for his attachment theory, which states that the bonds between a child and their caregiver are crucial for healthy development.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, John Bowlby ranks 41 out of 235. Before him are Paul Ekman, Hermann Rorschach, Jerome Bruner, Hans Eysenck, Albert Ellis, and Eric Berne. After him are Lawrence Kohlberg, Sabina Spielrein, Donald Winnicott, Wolfgang Köhler, Alfred Kinsey, and Max Wertheimer.

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Among people born in 1907, John Bowlby ranks 33. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein, Sister Lúcia, François Duvalier, Lin Biao, Fred Zinnemann, and Horst Wessel. After him are U Nu, Giovanna of Italy, Daphne du Maurier, Jacques Tati, Maurice Blanchot, and Erich Mielke. Among people deceased in 1990, John Bowlby ranks 21. Before him are Sarah Vaughan, Sergei Parajanov, Norbert Elias, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Ronald Evans, and Ilya Frank. After him are Robert Hofstadter, Patrick White, Lê Đức Thọ, Miguel Muñoz, Sandro Pertini, and Luigi Nono.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bowlby ranks 569 out of 8,785. Before him are George Everest (1790), Sid Vicious (1957), Bobby Moore (1941), John Cleese (1939), John Hicks (1904), and Eadweard Muybridge (1830). After him are Jim Clark (1936), Stanley Matthews (1915), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), James Hutton (1726), Thomas Cromwell (1485), and John Knox (1514).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, John Bowlby ranks 1. After him are Donald Winnicott (1896), Raymond Cattell (1905), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Alexander Bain (1818), R. D. Laing (1927), Charles Spearman (1863), Havelock Ellis (1859), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918).

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