PSYCHOLOGIST

Evelyn Hooker

1907 - 1996

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Evelyn Hooker (; née Gentry, September 2, 1907 – November 18, 1996) was an American psychologist known for her 1956 paper "The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual" in which she administered several psychological tests to groups of self-identified male homosexuals and heterosexuals and asked experts to identify the homosexuals and rate their mental health. The experiment, which other researchers subsequently repeated, found that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, as there was no detectable difference between homosexual and heterosexual men in terms of mental adjustment. Hooker argued that a false correlation between homosexuality and mental illness had formed the basis of classifying homosexuality as a mental disorder. The correlation was the result of earlier researchers studying sample groups that contained homosexual men with a history of treatment for mental illness. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Evelyn Hooker is the 230th most popular psychologist (up from 231st in 2024), the 11,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,669th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Evelyn Hooker ranks 230 out of 235. Before her are August Dvorak, Robert S. Woodworth, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Sherry Turkle, and Jonathan Kellerman. After her are Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Arthur Jensen, Cyril Burt, Leda Cosmides, Richard Wiseman, and Melanie Joy.

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Among people born in 1907, Evelyn Hooker ranks 377. Before her are Tranquilino Garcete, Dorrit Hoffleit, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Holland, Jean Louis, and Constantino Urbieta Sosa. After her are Johnny Moss, Tex Gibbons, Isabel Jewell, Lina Basquette, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, and Aldo Donelli. Among people deceased in 1996, Evelyn Hooker ranks 331. Before her are Barbara Jordan, David Tudor, Gulab Bai, Renato Russo, Jack Ragland, and Les Baxter. After her are Sverre Sørsdal, Virginia Christine, Tommy Lawton, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Peter Glenville, and Allenby Chilton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evelyn Hooker ranks 11,462 out of 20,380. Before her are Aisha Tyler (1970), Mose Allison (1927), Bayard Taylor (1825), John Toll (1952), George Tobias (1901), and Mitch Lucker (1984). After her are Paul Winter (1939), Roy Harris (1898), Alan Gilbert (1967), Lyle Campbell (1942), Julie Bishop (1914), and Samantha Smith (1969).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Evelyn Hooker ranks 85. Before her are David Buss (1953), August Dvorak (1894), Robert S. Woodworth (1869), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Sherry Turkle (1948), and Jonathan Kellerman (1949). After her are Arthur Jensen (1923), Leda Cosmides (1957), Geoffrey Miller (null), David McNeill (null), Adam Grant (1981), and Amy Cuddy (1972).

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