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John Holt

1923 - 1985

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John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After a six-year stint teaching elementary school in the 1950s, Holt wrote the book How Children Fail (1964), which cataloged the problems he saw with the American school system. He followed it up with How Children Learn (1967). Both books were popular, and they started Holt's career as a consultant to American schools. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Holt is the 5,431st most popular writer (up from 5,687th in 2019), the 8,532nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,688th in 2019) and the 630th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Holt ranks 5,431 out of 7,302. Before him are Bano Qudsia, Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Eve Ensler, Aldo Palazzeschi, Jan Twardowski, and Mihkel Veske. After him are Robert Coover, Fran Lebowitz, Lev Mei, Carine Roitfeld, Ingrid Noll, and Álvares de Azevedo.

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Among people born in 1923, John Holt ranks 375. Before him are Lidiya Vertinskaya, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Paddy Chayefsky, Eugénio de Andrade, Zeffiro Furiassi, and Murray Walker. After him are Wim van der Voort, Eric Wolf, Hrant Shahinyan, Ine Schäffer, Buddy DeFranco, and Rose Marie. Among people deceased in 1985, John Holt ranks 218. Before him are Milton H. Greene, Toni Branca, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Ronnie Rooke, George Murdock, and Masten Gregory. After him are Maya Kristalinskaya, Abdus Sattar, Gerald Dreyer, Miguel Otero Silva, Forbes Burnham, and Inger Hagerup.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Holt ranks 8,534 out of 20,380. Before him are Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Analeigh Tipton (1988), and Ron Woodroof (1950). After him are Vanessa Blue (1974), Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Anne Sewell Young (1871), and Robert Coover (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Holt ranks 630. Before him are Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Frank O'Hara (1926), Katherine Neville (1945), Elmer Rice (1892), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), and Eve Ensler (1953). After him are Robert Coover (1932), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Chaim Potok (1929), Robert Christgau (1942), Alison Lurie (1926), and Walter J. Ong (1912).

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