ANTHROPOLOGIST

Franco Basaglia

1924 - 1980

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Franco Basaglia (Italian: [ˈfraŋko baˈzaʎʎa]; 11 March 1924 – 29 August 1980) was an Italian psychiatrist, neurologist,: 32  and professor,: 123 : 183  who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer,: 213  figurehead and founder of Democratic Psychiatry,: 165 : 126  architect,: 8  and principal proponent of Law 180,: 70  which abolished mental hospitals in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Basaglia has received more than 139,054 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Franco Basaglia is the 34th most popular anthropologist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,432nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,305th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Franco Basaglia ranks 34 out of 93. Before him are Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Pierre Clastres, Wilhelm Schmidt, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, and Richard Leakey. After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn, Marcel Griaule, Jean Malaurie, David Graeber, Paolo Mantegazza, and Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Franco Basaglia ranks 159. Before him are Zizi Jeanmaire, Franco Cristaldi, Claude Lefort, Walter Gotell, Eduardo Fajardo, and Ken Tyrrell. After him are Billy Wright, Michel Constantin, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Alexander Matrosov, Friaça, and Gilbert Simondon. Among people deceased in 1980, Franco Basaglia ranks 116. Before him are Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Ernst Ocwirk, Alf Sjöberg, Hiroshi Inagaki, Toyen, and Sherm Clark. After him are Erich Hückel, Barbara O'Neil, Pietro Nenni, Cecil Beaton, Justas Paleckis, and Sanjay Gandhi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2,432 out of 5,161. Before him are Ottavio Rinuccini (1562), Catherine of Valois–Courtenay (1301), Sergio Rossi (1935), Carlo Allioni (1728), Marco Rota (1942), and Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834). After him are Titus Annius Milo (-95), Franchinus Gaffurius (1451), Paolo Renier (1710), Taddeo Zuccari (1529), Jacob Hutter (1500), and Domenico I Contarini (950).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Italy

Among anthropologists born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2. Before him are Mary Douglas (1921). After him are Paolo Mantegazza (1831).

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