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Mary Whiton Calkins

1863 - 1930

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Mary Whiton Calkins (; 30 March 1863 – 26 February 1930) was an American philosopher and psychologist, whose work informed theory and research of memory, dreams and the self. In 1903, Calkins was the twelfth in a listing of fifty psychologists with the most merit, chosen by her peers. Calkins was refused a Ph.D. by Harvard University because of her gender. Calkins is a key figure in the history of women psychologists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Whiton Calkins is the 1,050th most popular philosopher (up from 1,157th in 2019), the 5,927th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,108th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 1,050 out of 1,267. Before her are Seyla Benhabib, Persaeus, Alfonso Reyes, David of Dinant, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, and Joseph Raz. After her are Carl Dahlhaus, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Heymann Steinthal, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, J. L. Mackie, and Susan George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 115. Before her are Richard F. Outcault, Lawrence Lambe, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, Jāzeps Vītols, Aleksey Krylov, and Alfred Lacroix. After her are Hugo Winckler, Blanche Bingley, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Hermann Obrist, Broncia Koller-Pinell, and Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis. Among people deceased in 1930, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 84. Before her are Alexander Kutepov, Abram Arkhipov, Julio Romero de Torres, Enrico Forlanini, Henri Jobier, and Bill Tuttle. After her are Albert von Le Coq, Max Valier, Misuzu Kaneko, Alexander Bogomazov, Florbela Espanca, and Herbert Hall Turner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 5,927 out of 20,380. Before her are Albert Charles Smith (1906), Julie Kavner (1950), Alfred Romer (1894), Dan Ariely (1967), Joan Osborne (1962), and Donald Lippincott (1893). After her are Aileen Riggin (1906), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Eric Dane (1972), Muggsy Bogues (1965), and Mildred McDaniel (1933).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 49. Before her are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Ram Dass (1931), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), Lon L. Fuller (1902), and Hubert Dreyfus (1929). After her are Susan George (1934), Amina Wadud (1952), Edmund Gettier (1927), Mary Daly (1928), Josiah Royce (1855), and William Lane Craig (1949).

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