PSYCHOLOGIST

William McDougall

1871 - 1938

Photo of William McDougall

Icon of person William McDougall

William McDougall ( mək-DOO-gəl; 22 June 1871 – 28 November 1938) was an early 20th century psychologist who was a professor at University College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and Duke University. He wrote a number of influential textbooks, and was important in the development of the theory of instinct and of social psychology in the English-speaking world. McDougall was an opponent of behaviourism and stands somewhat outside the mainstream of the development of Anglo-American psychological thought in the first half of the 20th century; but his work was known and respected among lay people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William McDougall is the 115th most popular psychologist (down from 109th in 2019), the 1,563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,240th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Psychologist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of William McDougall by language

Loading...

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, William McDougall ranks 115 out of 235. Before him are Michael Balint, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, and Marie-Louise von Franz. After him are James McKeen Cattell, Bluma Zeigarnik, Heinz Kohut, Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, and Jean Tatlock.

Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, William McDougall ranks 43. Before him are Walter Bradford Cannon, Gerardo Machado, Christian Morgenstern, Zhang Jinghui, Jack Butler Yeats, and Alajos Szokolyi. After him are Meletius IV of Constantinople, Stephen Crane, Fritz Hofmann, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Guillermo Kahlo, and John Sloan. Among people deceased in 1938, William McDougall ranks 67. Before him are Ödön von Horváth, Edmund Landau, Nicola Romeo, Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, and Leo Frobenius. After him are Emile Vandervelde, Francis Jammes, Axel Paulsen, Cao Kun, Nikolai Krylenko, and Valery Chkalov.

Others Born in 1871

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1938

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 1,563 out of 8,785. Before him are Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), Thomas Cole (1801), and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773). After him are Alun Armstrong (1946), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), and Malcolm McLaren (1946).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 9. Before him are Raymond Cattell (1905), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Alexander Bain (1818), R. D. Laing (1927), Charles Spearman (1863), and Havelock Ellis (1859). After him are Frederic Bartlett (1886), Ernest Jones (1879), Brenda Milner (1918), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), Anne Treisman (1935), and Robin Dunbar (1947).

British born Psychologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous