PHILOSOPHER

Mary Parker Follett

1868 - 1933

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Mary Parker Follett (3 September 1868 – 18 December 1933) was an American management consultant, social worker, philosopher and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. Along with Lillian Gilbreth, she was one of two great women management experts in the early days of classical management theory. She has been called the "Mother of Modern Management". Instead of emphasizing industrial and mechanical components, she advocated for what she saw as the far more important human element, regarding people as the most valuable commodity present within any business. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Parker Follett is the 702nd most popular philosopher (down from 647th in 2019), the 2,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,230th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mary Parker Follett ranks 702 out of 1,267. Before her are C. I. Lewis, Diodorus Cronus, Rudolph Goclenius, Kuno Fischer, Gongsun Long, and Karl Vogt. After her are Charles Renouvier, Franz Neumann, Herman of Carinthia, Péter Pázmány, Henry More, and Mario Bunge.

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Among people born in 1868, Mary Parker Follett ranks 82. Before her are Infanta Blanca of Spain, Lin Sen, José Félix Uriburu, Keisuke Okada, Dawid Janowski, and Venceslau Brás. After her are Arturo Alessandri, Aleksa Šantić, George Arliss, Stanisław Przybyszewski, George Ellery Hale, and Alice Keppel. Among people deceased in 1933, Mary Parker Follett ranks 47. Before her are Sen Katayama, Roscoe Arbuckle, Henri Duparc, Anagarika Dharmapala, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Rudolph Lewis. After her are Mary Ann Bevan, Nitobe Inazō, Haim Arlosoroff, Hermann von François, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Hasan Prishtina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Parker Follett ranks 2,964 out of 20,380. Before her are GZA (1966), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), Tony Sirico (1942), Mike Troy (1940), Ralph Waite (1928), and Charles Greene (1945). After her are Lil Jon (1971), Joseph Dunford (1955), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Ben Johnson (1918), Simon Fraser (1776), and John Hancock (1737).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Mary Parker Follett ranks 29. Before her are Tom Regan (1938), Jonathan Edwards (1703), Arthur Danto (1924), Michael Walzer (1935), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), and C. I. Lewis (1883). After her are Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Eric Hoffer (1898), and James Mark Baldwin (1861).

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