PSYCHOLOGIST

Thomas Gordon

1918 - 2002

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Thomas Gordon (March 11, 1918 – August 26, 2002) was an American clinical psychologist and colleague of Carl Rogers. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in teaching communication skills and conflict resolution methods to parents, teachers, leaders, women, youth and salespeople. The model he developed came to be known as the Gordon Model or the Gordon Method, a complete and integrated system for building and maintaining effective relationships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gordon is the 122nd most popular psychologist (down from 119th in 2019), the 2,720th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,242nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Thomas Gordon ranks 122 out of 235. Before him are James McKeen Cattell, Bluma Zeigarnik, Heinz Kohut, Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, and Jean Tatlock. After him are Robert Plutchik, Benjamin Spock, Émile Coué, Frederic Bartlett, René Spitz, and Otto F. Kernberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Thomas Gordon ranks 91. Before him are Fanny Blankers-Koen, E. Howard Hunt, Cicely Saunders, Lucian Pulvermacher, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and Philip José Farmer. After him are Jean-Marie Loret, Ian Stevenson, Dora Ratjen, Gara Garayev, Antonín Mrkos, and Huber Matos. Among people deceased in 2002, Thomas Gordon ranks 86. Before him are Peggy Lee, John Entwistle, Ole-Johan Dahl, Marina Berti, Erwin Chargaff, and François Périer. After him are Dhirubhai Ambani, Juan Antonio Bardem, Lisa Lopes, Alexander Lebed, Jack Shea, and Ray Conniff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Gordon ranks 2,720 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), Ron Brown (1941), Ellen Barkin (1954), John Green (1977), Jeff Daniels (1955), and The Game (1979). After him are Amber Heard (1986), Jon Jones (1987), Michael Emerson (1954), Dennis Farina (1944), Andrew Wyeth (1917), and Henry Wilson (1812).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Thomas Gordon ranks 40. Before him are Carol Gilligan (1936), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), and Jean Tatlock (1914). After him are Robert Plutchik (1927), Benjamin Spock (1903), Robert Cialdini (1945), Clark L. Hull (1884), Jonathan Haidt (1963), and Elizabeth Loftus (1944).

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