PSYCHOLOGIST

Alexander Bain

1818 - 1903

Photo of Alexander Bain

Icon of person Alexander Bain

Alexander Bain (11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism and a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform. He founded Mind, the first ever journal of psychology and analytical philosophy, and was the leading figure in establishing and applying the scientific method to psychology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Bain has received more than 155,226 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alexander Bain is the 144th most popular psychologist (up from 160th in 2019), the 1,814th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,080th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Psychologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Bains by language

Over the past year Alexander Bain has had the most page views in the with 5,274 views, followed by English (2,931), and French (2,030). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (118.51%), Malagasy (113.81%), and Pashto (90.98%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Alexander Bain ranks 144 out of 235. Before him are Brian Weiss, Léopold Szondi, Elizabeth Loftus, Françoise Dolto, Roberto Assagioli, and Jordan Peterson. After him are Harry Harlow, Ernest Jones, Walter Mischel, Rensis Likert, Georgi Lozanov, and Fritz Heider.

Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Alexander Bain ranks 49. Before him are Franciscus Donders, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Eduard Totleben, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Petar Preradović. After him are Antonio Bazzini, Gustave Aimard, Şihabetdin Märcani, Constantin von Wurzbach, Jules Jamin, and Johann Jakob von Tschudi. Among people deceased in 1903, Alexander Bain ranks 37. Before him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Émile Baudot, Giuseppe Zanardelli, Charles Renouvier, and Béni Kállay. After him are Luigi Cremona, Malwida von Meysenbug, Augusta Holmès, Harriet Lane, Emily Warren Roebling, and William Ernest Henley.

Others Born in 1818

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1903

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 1,814 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Felton (1987), Robert Morrison (1782), Nigel Terry (1945), Nick Simper (1945), Rupert Grint (1988), and Peter Capaldi (1958). After him are Julian of Norwich (1342), Miranda Richardson (1958), William Beckford (1760), Sid Watkins (1928), Dick Francis (1920), and Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Alexander Bain ranks 10. Before him are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Charles Spearman (1863), R. D. Laing (1927), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), and Havelock Ellis (1859). After him are Ernest Jones (1879), Brenda Milner (1918), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), Alan Baddeley (1934), Anne Treisman (1935), and Robin Dunbar (1947).

British born Psychologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous