PSYCHOLOGIST

Ronald Fairbairn

1889 - 1964

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William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (; 11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the object relations theory of psychoanalysis. He was generally known and referred to as "W. Ronald D. Fairbairn". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Fairbairn is the 191st most popular psychologist (down from 190th in 2019), the 3,284th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,892nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 191 out of 235Before him are Boris Cyrulnik, Lisbeth Palme, Dan Ariely, Laura Perls, Frank Rosenblatt, and Gustave Gilbert. After him are Lewis Terman, Karl H. Pribram, Frederik van Eeden, John C. Lilly, Anne Treisman, and C. George Boeree.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 194Before him are Grigory Levenfish, Emma Asson, Gottfried Fuchs, Zofia Zamenhof, Georg Schrimpf, and Erick-Oskar Hansen. After him are Abbās al-Aqqād, Nathan Altman, Willi Baumeister, Kōichi Kido, János Garay, and Pearl White. Among people deceased in 1964, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 125Before him are Joseph Schildkraut, Eugen Varga, Alfred Blalock, Moa Martinson, Adolf Šimperský, and Vasily Agapkin. After him are Abbās al-Aqqād, Maurice Farman, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Anita Malfatti, Adolfo Díaz, and Felisberto Hernández.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 3,285 out of 8,785Before him are Flora Sandes (1876), James Sowerby (1757), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), John Bradley (1988), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Thomas Nuttall (1786). After him are William Huskisson (1770), Patsy Kensit (1968), Terry-Thomas (1911), Joe Wright (1972), Ali Carter (1979), and John Mayow (1640).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 13Before him are Charles Spearman (1863), Havelock Ellis (1859), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918). After him are Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), Richard Lynn (1930), Alan Baddeley (1934), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), and Cyril Burt (1883).