PSYCHOLOGIST

Louis Leon Thurstone

1887 - 1955

Louis Leon Thurstone

Louis Leon Thurstone (May 29, 1887 – September 29, 1955) was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thurstone as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, James J. Gibson, David Rumelhart, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Woodworth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Leon Thurstone is the 200th most popular psychologist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 6,593rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,650th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 200 out of 235. Before him are Frederik van Eeden, John C. Lilly, Anne Treisman, C. George Boeree, Michael Tomasello, and Théodore Flournoy. After him are Judith Rich Harris, Jaak Panksepp, Robin Dunbar, Nancy Chodorow, Endel Tulving, and Christina Maslach.

Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia

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Frederik van Eeden
1860 - 1932
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 194
John C. Lilly
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 195
Anne Treisman
1935 - 2018
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 196
C. George Boeree
1952 - 2021
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 197
Michael Tomasello
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 198
Théodore Flournoy
1854 - 1920
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 199
Louis Leon Thurstone
1887 - 1955
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 200
Judith Rich Harris
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 201
Jaak Panksepp
1943 - 2017
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 202
Robin Dunbar
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 203
Nancy Chodorow
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 204
Endel Tulving
1927 - 2023
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 205
Christina Maslach
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 206

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 197. Before him are Valentine Hugo, Al Ernest Garcia, Ayşe Sultan, María Teresa Ferrari, Janne Lundblad, and Lajos Kassák. After him are Paul W. Merrill, Oscar Kreuzer, Konstantin Kalinin, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Georges Vézina, and Bruno Frank. Among people deceased in 1955, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 123. Before him are Tom Moore, Constance Collier, Mary McLeod Bethune, Leonardus Nardus, James Jones, and Arthur Shaw. After him are Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Johan Jarlén, James Agee, Fumio Hayasaka, Bill Vukovich, and Constantin Argetoianu.

Others Born in 1887

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Valentine Hugo
PAINTER
1887 - 1968
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 191
Al Ernest Garcia
ACTOR
1887 - 1938
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 192
Ayşe Sultan
NOBLEMAN
1887 - 1960
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 193
María Teresa Ferrari
PHYSICIAN
1887 - 1956
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 194
Janne Lundblad
ATHLETE
1887 - 1940
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 195
Lajos Kassák
WRITER
1887 - 1967
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 196
Louis Leon Thurstone
PSYCHOLOGIST
1887 - 1955
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 197
Paul W. Merrill
ASTRONOMER
1887 - 1961
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 198
Oscar Kreuzer
TENNIS PLAYER
1887 - 1968
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 199
Konstantin Kalinin
ENGINEER
1887 - 1938
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 200
Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1947
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 201
Georges Vézina
HOCKEY PLAYER
1887 - 1926
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 202
Bruno Frank
WRITER
1887 - 1945
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 203