1904 - 1990
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.Considering free will to be an illusion, Skinner saw human action as dependent on consequences of previous actions, a theory he would articulate as the principle of reinforcement: If the consequences to an action are bad, there is a high chance the action will not be repeated; if the consequences are good, the probability of the action being repeated becomes stronger.Skinner developed behavior analysis, especially the philosophy of radical behaviorism, and founded the experimental analysis of behavior, a school of experimental research psychology. He also used operant conditioning to strengthen behavior, considering the rate of response to be the most effective measure of response strength. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. F. Skinner has received more than 4,203,572 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). B. F. Skinner is the 21st most popular psychologist (down from 16th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Psychologist.
B. F. Skinner is most famous for his operant conditioning, which is a type of behaviorism. This theory is based on the idea that behavior is shaped by its consequences.
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Among psychologists, B. F. Skinner ranks 21 out of 182. Before him are Gustave Le Bon, Anna Freud, John B. Watson, Albert Bandura, Edward Thorndike, and Kurt Lewin. After him are Lawrence Kohlberg, Wilhelm Reich, Melanie Klein, Daniel Kahneman, Gustav Fechner, and Hermann Ebbinghaus.
1841 - 1931
HPI: 79.94
Rank: 15
1895 - 1982
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 16
1878 - 1958
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 17
1925 - Present
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 18
1874 - 1949
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 19
1890 - 1947
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 20
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 21
1927 - 1987
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 22
1897 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 23
1882 - 1960
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 24
1934 - Present
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 25
1801 - 1887
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 26
1850 - 1909
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1904, B. F. Skinner ranks 7. Before him are Salvador Dalí, Deng Xiaoping, Pablo Neruda, Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Seuss, and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. After him are Umberto II of Italy, Cary Grant, Johnny Weissmuller, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jean Gabin, and Graham Greene. Among people deceased in 1990, B. F. Skinner ranks 5. Before him are Rajneesh, Greta Garbo, Lev Yashin, and Roald Dahl. After him are Louis Althusser, Ava Gardner, Leonard Bernstein, Alberto Moravia, Norbert Elias, Sarah Vaughan, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
1904 - 1989
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 1
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 2
1904 - 1973
HPI: 84.05
Rank: 3
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 4
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 5
1904 - 1918
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 7
1904 - 1983
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 8
1904 - 1986
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 9
1904 - 1984
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 10
1904 - 1967
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 12
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 13
1931 - 1990
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 1
1905 - 1990
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 2
1929 - 1990
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 3
1916 - 1990
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 4
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 5
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 6
1922 - 1990
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 7
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 8
1907 - 1990
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 9
1897 - 1990
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 10
1924 - 1990
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 11
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, B. F. Skinner ranks 203 out of 15,968. Before him are Tom Cruise (1962), George Lucas (1944), Orson Welles (1915), Denzel Washington (1954), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), and Emily Dickinson (1830). After him are Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), John Adams (1735), Louis Sullivan (1856), Frank Zappa (1940), George Marshall (1880), and Ronnie James Dio (1942).
1962 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 197
1944 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 198
1915 - 1985
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 199
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 200
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 201
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 202
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 203
1866 - 1945
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 204
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 205
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 206
1940 - 1993
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 207
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 208
1942 - 2010
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 209
Among psychologists born in United States, B. F. Skinner ranks 7. Before him are Abraham Maslow (1908), John Dewey (1859), William James (1842), Carl Rogers (1902), John B. Watson (1878), and Edward Thorndike (1874). After him are Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Paul Ekman (1934), Gordon Allport (1897), Jerome Bruner (1915), and Alfred Kinsey (1894).
1908 - 1970
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 1
1859 - 1952
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 2
1842 - 1910
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 3
1902 - 1987
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 4
1878 - 1958
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 5
1874 - 1949
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 7
1927 - 1987
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 8
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 9
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 10
1897 - 1967
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 11
1915 - 2016
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 12
1894 - 1956
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 13