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Lewis Terman

1877 - 1956

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Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of eugenics. He was noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford School of Education. Terman is best known for his revision of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius. As a prominent eugenicist, he was a member of the Human Betterment Foundation, the American Eugenics Society, and the Eugenics Research Association, believing in genetic racial associations with intelligence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Terman is the 192nd most popular psychologist (down from 183rd in 2019), the 6,129th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,652nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Lewis Terman ranks 192 out of 235. Before him are Lisbeth Palme, Dan Ariely, Laura Perls, Frank Rosenblatt, Gustave Gilbert, and Ronald Fairbairn. After him are Karl H. Pribram, Frederik van Eeden, John C. Lilly, Anne Treisman, C. George Boeree, and Michael Tomasello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Lewis Terman ranks 122. Before him are James Montgomery Flagg, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Walter Sutton, Slava Raškaj, Norman Brookes, and Carl Tanzler. After him are Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Maurice Farman, Frederick Twort, Maurice Costello, Ioannis Persakis, and Ugo Cerletti. Among people deceased in 1956, Lewis Terman ranks 145. Before him are Sergei Vasilenko, Louis Bromfield, Doca, Violet Gibson, Nikolaos Trikoupis, and Flora Sandes. After him are Lorenzo Perosi, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Lars Sonck, Jan Šrámek, Ostap Vyshnya, and Johnny Claes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Terman ranks 6,129 out of 20,380. Before him are Jennifer Tilly (1958), Ken Ribet (1948), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Fred Alderman (1905), Sally Kellerman (1937), and Robert Henri (1865). After him are Otis Bowen (1918), Dexter Holland (1965), Jacob Perkins (1766), Barry Jenkins (1979), Jamie Gillis (1943), and George Herbig (1920).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Lewis Terman ranks 65. Before him are Henry Murray (1893), Benjamin Libet (1916), Julian Rotter (1916), Dan Ariely (1967), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), and Gustave Gilbert (1911). After him are John C. Lilly (1915), Michael Tomasello (1950), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Judith Rich Harris (1938), Nancy Chodorow (1944), and Christina Maslach (1946).

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