PSYCHOLOGIST
Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet (French: [binɛ]; 8 July 1857 – 18 October 1911), born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test. In 1904, Binet took part in a commission set up by the French Ministry of Education to decide whether school children with learning difficulties should be sent to a special boarding school attached to a lunatic asylum, as advocated by the French psychiatrist and politician Désiré-Magloire Bourneville, or whether they should be educated in classes attached to regular schools as advocated by the Société libre pour l'étude psychologique de l'enfant (SLEPE) of which Binet was a member. There was also debate over who should decide whether a child was capable enough for regular education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Binet has received more than 912,122 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Alfred Binet is the 28th most popular psychologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from France (down from 354th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Psychologist.
Alfred Binet was a French psychologist who is most famous for developing the first intelligence test.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Alfred Binet ranks 28 out of 235. Before him are Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Gustav Fechner, and Karen Horney. After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hermann Rorschach, Howard Gardner, Gordon Allport, and Paul Ekman.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsEdward Thorndike
1874 - 1949
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 22
B. F. Skinner
1904 - 1990
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 23
Anna Freud
1895 - 1982
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 24
Melanie Klein
1882 - 1960
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 25
Gustav Fechner
1801 - 1887
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 26
Karen Horney
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 27
Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 28
Hermann Ebbinghaus
1850 - 1909
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 29
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1934 - 2021
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 30
Hermann Rorschach
1884 - 1922
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 31
Howard Gardner
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 32
Gordon Allport
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 33
Paul Ekman
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 34
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1857, Alfred Binet ranks 15. Before him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfonso XII of Spain, Henrik Pontoppidan, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, William Howard Taft, and Ruggero Leoncavallo. After him are Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Paul Doumer, Axel Munthe, and Andrija Mohorovičić. Among people deceased in 1911, Alfred Binet ranks 5. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Wilhelm Dilthey, and Francis Galton. After him are Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, and Maria Pia of Savoy.
Others Born in 1857
Go to all RankingsKarl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 9
Alfonso XII of Spain
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1885
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 10
Henrik Pontoppidan
WRITER
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 11
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
ENGINEER
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 12
William Howard Taft
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1930
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 13
Ruggero Leoncavallo
COMPOSER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 14
Alfred Binet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 15
Theo van Gogh
PAINTER
1857 - 1891
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 16
Eugen Bleuler
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1939
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 17
Alexander of Battenberg
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1893
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 18
Paul Doumer
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1932
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 19
Axel Munthe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1857 - 1949
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 20
Andrija Mohorovičić
GEOLOGIST
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 21
Others Deceased in 1911
Go to all RankingsGustav Mahler
COMPOSER
1860 - 1911
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 1
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
CHEMIST
1852 - 1911
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 2
Wilhelm Dilthey
PHILOSOPHER
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 3
Francis Galton
STATISTICIAN
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 4
Alfred Binet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 5
Joseph Pulitzer
JOURNALIST
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 6
Pyotr Stolypin
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1911
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 7
Paul Lafargue
WRITER
1842 - 1911
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 8
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
PAINTER
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 9
Georg Jellinek
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 10
Emilio Salgari
WRITER
1862 - 1911
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 11
Maria Pia of Savoy
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1911
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Alfred Binet ranks 429 out of 6,770. Before him are Marc Bloch (1886), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Giambologna (1529), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908). After him are Jean Dubuffet (1901), Odilon Redon (1840), André Le Nôtre (1613), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Jean Monnet (1888), and Henri Moissan (1852).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsMarc Bloch
HISTORIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 423
Pauline Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1825
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 424
Pierre Gassendi
PHILOSOPHER
1592 - 1655
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 425
Giambologna
SCULPTOR
1529 - 1608
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 426
Eugène François Vidocq
INSPIRATION
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 427
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
PHILOSOPHER
1908 - 1961
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 428
Alfred Binet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 429
Jean Dubuffet
PAINTER
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 430
Odilon Redon
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 431
André Le Nôtre
ARCHITECT
1613 - 1700
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 432
Alphonse de Lamartine
WRITER
1790 - 1869
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 433
Jean Monnet
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 434
Henri Moissan
CHEMIST
1852 - 1907
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 435
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In France
Among psychologists born in France, Alfred Binet ranks 3. Before him are Jacques Lacan (1901), and Gustave Le Bon (1841). After him are Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Pierre Janet (1859), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Émile Coué (1857), Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Boris Cyrulnik (1937), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Jacques-Alain Miller (1944).
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 1
Gustave Le Bon
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 2
Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 3
Princess Marie Bonaparte
1882 - 1962
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 4
Pierre Janet
1859 - 1947
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 5
Théodule-Armand Ribot
1839 - 1916
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 6
Émile Coué
1857 - 1926
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 7
Henri Wallon
1879 - 1962
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 8
Françoise Dolto
1908 - 1988
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 9
Boris Cyrulnik
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 10
Jean Laplanche
1924 - 2012
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 11
Jacques-Alain Miller
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 12