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Simon Baron-Cohen

1958 - Today

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Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen (born 15 August 1958) is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the university's Autism Research Centre and a Fellow of Trinity College. In 1985, Baron-Cohen formulated the mindblindness theory of autism, the evidence for which he collated and published in 1995. In 1997, he formulated the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism, the key test of which was published in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Baron-Cohen is the 223rd most popular psychologist (down from 220th in 2019), the 4,751st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,497th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Psychologist. Learn more about Simon Baron-Cohen's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 223 out of 235. Before him are Lee Cronbach, Robert Yerkes, Elsa Cayat, Joseph Nicolosi, Uta Frith, and David Buss. After him are August Dvorak, Robert S. Woodworth, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Sherry Turkle, and Jonathan Kellerman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 373. Before him are Sam Matekane, Stephan Weil, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Joe F. Edwards Jr., Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, and Christina Lathan. After him are Babyface, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., Francesco Damiani, John Herrington, Santiago Urquiaga, and Patricia Espinosa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 4,752 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Docherty (1928), John Martyn (1948), Frederic Moore (1830), Ove Arup (1895), Emily Hobhouse (1860), and Jimmy Dickinson (1925). After him are Grahame Clark (1907), Paul McGuigan (1963), Simon West (1961), David Prain (1857), Kathleen Booth (1922), and Allan Jay (1931).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 18. Before him are Brenda Milner (1918), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), Richard Lynn (1930), and Alan Baddeley (1934). After him are Cyril Burt (1883), and Richard Wiseman (1966).

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