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Walter Bradford Cannon

1871 - 1945

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Walter Bradford Cannon (October 19, 1871 – October 1, 1945) was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term "fight or flight response", and developed the theory of homeostasis. He popularized his theories in his book The Wisdom of the Body, first published in 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Bradford Cannon is the 98th most popular psychologist (down from 84th in 2019), the 2,040th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,433rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Psychologist.

Walter Bradford Cannon was most famous for his theory of homeostasis. His theory states that the body is in a constant state of equilibrium, and that any change in the body's equilibrium is met with a response by the body.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 98 out of 235. Before him are David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, V. S. Ramachandran, Vladimir Bekhterev, R. D. Laing, and Rollo May. After him are Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, and Adolf Bastian.

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Among people born in 1871, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 37. Before him are Ernst Zermelo, Willem Mengelberg, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Nicolae Iorga, Sergei Bulgakov, and Princess Hélène of Orléans. After him are Gerardo Machado, Christian Morgenstern, Zhang Jinghui, Jack Butler Yeats, Alajos Szokolyi, and William McDougall. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 103. Before him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Else Lasker-Schüler, Albrecht Penck, Roza Shanina, Bernhard Rust, and Georg Kaiser. After him are Philipp Bouhler, Eduard Bloch, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Charles Spearman, Anton Dostler, and Ivan Chernyakhovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 2,040 out of 20,380. Before him are George W. De Long (1844), Sidney Bechet (1897), James Baldwin (1924), Spiro Agnew (1918), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), and Adam Scott (1973). After him are Fats Domino (1928), Charlie Murphy (1959), John Sturges (1910), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Wilford Brimley (1934), and Khloé Kardashian (1984).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 33. Before him are G. Stanley Hall (1846), Edward C. Tolman (1886), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), and Rollo May (1909). After him are Carol Gilligan (1936), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), and Jean Tatlock (1914).

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