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PSYCHOLOGIST

Aaron T. Beck

1921 - 2021

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Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regarded as the father of cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). His pioneering methods are widely used in the treatment of clinical depression and various anxiety disorders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aaron T. Beck has received more than 737,926 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Aaron T. Beck is the 41st most popular psychologist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from United States (up from 756th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Psychologist.

Aaron T. Beck is most famous for his contributions to the cognitive behavioral therapy movement. He is also noted for his contributions to the development of cognitive therapy, which is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Aaron T. Beck ranks 41 out of 183. Before him are Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck, John Bowlby, Hermann Rorschach, Eric Berne, and Albert Ellis. After him are Donald Winnicott, Alfred Kinsey, Elton Mayo, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Philip Zimbardo, and Max Wertheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Aaron T. Beck ranks 24. Before him are Simone Signoret, Gunnar Nordahl, Paulo Freire, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Ustinov, and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. After him are Deborah Kerr, Satyajit Ray, John Glenn, Vasily Stalin, Lotfi A. Zadeh, and Gianni Agnelli. Among people deceased in 2021, Aaron T. Beck ranks 22. Before him are Colin Powell, F. W. de Klerk, Raffaella Carrà, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Bernie Madoff, and Betty White. After him are Nathalie Delon, Wilbur Smith, Richard Rogers, Sonny Chiba, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Lars Vilks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aaron T. Beck ranks 539 out of 18,182. Before him are Duke Ellington (1899), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Steven Tyler (1948), Matt Damon (1970), and Albert Ellis (1913). After him are Sidney Sheldon (1917), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), John Howard Northrop (1891), T. S. Eliot (1888), James E. Webb (1906), and Nelson Rockefeller (1908).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Aaron T. Beck ranks 16. Before him are Jerome Bruner (1915), Paul Ekman (1934), Howard Gardner (1943), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Gordon Allport (1897), and Albert Ellis (1913). After him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Stanley Milgram (1933), Martin Seligman (1942), Leon Festinger (1919), and Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913).

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