PSYCHOLOGIST

Albert Ellis

1913 - 2007

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Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Ellis has received more than 1,036,583 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Albert Ellis is the 51st most popular psychologist (down from 40th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from United States (down from 538th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Psychologist.

Albert Ellis was most famous for his Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Albert Ellis ranks 51 out of 235. Before him are Max Wertheimer, Sándor Ferenczi, Raymond Cattell, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Sabina Spielrein, and Bruno Bettelheim. After him are Kurt Koffka, Martin Seligman, Aaron T. Beck, Alexander Luria, Fritz Perls, and Stanley Milgram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Albert Ellis ranks 37. Before him are Trevor Howard, Frances Farmer, Irwin Shaw, Wolfgang Paul, Leônidas, and Werner Mölders. After him are Jimmy Hoffa, Artur Axmann, René Clément, Witold Lutosławski, Erich Priebke, and Roger Wolcott Sperry. Among people deceased in 2007, Albert Ellis ranks 24. Before him are Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, Ryszard Kapuściński, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sri Chinmoy, and Ernst Otto Fischer. After him are Nils Liedholm, Abdul Rahman Arif, Richard Rorty, Jane Wyman, Arthur Kornberg, and Ashraf Marwan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert Ellis ranks 770 out of 20,380. Before him are James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), Jack Vance (1916), William T. G. Morton (1819), Michio Kaku (1947), and Louise Hay (1926). After him are Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), Greg Abbott (1957), Stan Kroenke (1947), James E. Webb (1906), and Jules Dassin (1911).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Albert Ellis ranks 16. Before him are Gordon Allport (1897), Paul Ekman (1934), Jerome Bruner (1915), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Milton H. Erickson (1901), and Alfred Kinsey (1894). After him are Martin Seligman (1942), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Stanley Milgram (1933), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Leon Festinger (1919), and Philip Zimbardo (1933).

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