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Princess Marie Bonaparte

1882 - 1962

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Princess Marie Bonaparte (2 July 1882 – 21 September 1962), known as Princess of Greece and Denmark upon her marriage, was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth contributed to the popularity of psychoanalysis and enabled Freud's escape from Nazi Germany. Marie Bonaparte was a great-grandniece of Emperor Napoleon I of France. She was the only child of Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (1858–1924) and Marie-Félix Blanc (1859–1882). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Marie Bonaparte is the 32nd most popular psychologist (up from 48th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from France (up from 819th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Psychologist.

Princess Marie Bonaparte was most famous for her research on the connection between the size of a woman's clitoris and her sexual pleasure.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Princess Marie Bonaparte ranks 32 out of 235Before her are Wilhelm Reich, Gustav Fechner, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Aaron T. Beck, Alfred Binet, and Karen Horney. After her are Howard Gardner, Gordon Allport, Paul Ekman, Hermann Rorschach, Jerome Bruner, and Hans Eysenck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Princess Marie Bonaparte ranks 29Before her are Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Lili Elbe, Getúlio Vargas, Emmerich Kálmán, and Umberto Boccioni. After her are Rodolfo Graziani, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Hans Geiger, Bela Lugosi, William Halsey Jr., and Arthur Eddington. Among people deceased in 1962, Princess Marie Bonaparte ranks 13Before her are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Stuart Sutcliffe, Karen Blixen, Lucky Luciano, Arthur Compton, and Georges Bataille. After her are Gaston Bachelard, Yves Klein, Hans Luther, Auguste Piccard, René Coty, and Gabriele Münter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Princess Marie Bonaparte ranks 569 out of 6,770Before her are Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), François Jacob (1920), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Maurice Allais (1911), and Paul Langevin (1872). After her are Theuderic I (485), Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), Richard Clayderman (1953), Marcel Marceau (1923), Hippolyte Taine (1828), and Claude Louis Berthollet (1748).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In France

Among psychologists born in France, Princess Marie Bonaparte ranks 4Before her are Jacques Lacan (1901), Gustave Le Bon (1841), and Alfred Binet (1857). After her are Pierre Janet (1859), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Émile Coué (1857), Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Jacques-Alain Miller (1944), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Boris Cyrulnik (1937).