PSYCHOLOGIST

Julian Rotter

1916 - 2014

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Julian B. Rotter (October 22, 1916 – January 6, 2014) was an American psychologist known for developing social learning theory and research into locus of control. He was a faculty member at Ohio State University and then the University of Connecticut. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Rotter as the 64th most eminent and 18th most widely cited psychologist of the 20th century. A 2014 study published in 2014 placed him at #54 among psychologists whose careers spanned the post-World War II era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Rotter is the 179th most popular psychologist (down from 157th in 2019), the 5,255th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,422nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Julian Rotter ranks 179 out of 235. Before him are Henry Murray, Carol Dweck, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Benjamin Libet, Jean Laplanche, and Edgar Schein. After him are Abraham Brill, Georgi Lozanov, Nise da Silveira, Fritz Heider, Otto Binswanger, and Boris Cyrulnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Julian Rotter ranks 148. Before him are Svend Asmussen, Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, Charlie Christian, Rong Yiren, and Robert H. Dicke. After him are Adriana Caselotti, Werner Bischof, Penelope Fitzgerald, José López Rega, Giuseppe Taddei, and Jack Arnold. Among people deceased in 2014, Julian Rotter ranks 219. Before him are Bill Mulliken, James R. Schlesinger, Christophe de Margerie, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Lilli Carati, and Martha Hyer. After him are Gustavo Cerati, Igor Rodionov, Tom Finney, Valentin Mankin, Peret, and René Llense.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Rotter ranks 5,255 out of 20,380. Before him are William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Brian Austin Green (1973), David O. Russell (1958), Tom Scott (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), and Sienna Miller (1981). After him are Nicky Hilton Rothschild (1983), Bobby Vinton (1935), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), William Goldman (1931), Patty Hearst (1954), and Adriana Caselotti (1916).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Julian Rotter ranks 61. Before him are Harry Harlow (1905), Arnold Gesell (1880), Rensis Likert (1903), James Hillman (1926), Henry Murray (1893), and Benjamin Libet (1916). After him are Dan Ariely (1967), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Lewis Terman (1877), John C. Lilly (1915), and Michael Tomasello (1950).

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