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PSYCHOLOGIST

Frans de Waal

1948 - Today

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Franciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal (29 October 1948 – 14 March 2024) was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. He was the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory, and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics (1982) and Our Inner Ape (2005). His research centered on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans de Waal has received more than 613,048 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Frans de Waal is the 132nd most popular psychologist (up from 145th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 364th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Psychologist.

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  • 24

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  • 6.82

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Frans de Waal ranks 132 out of 183. Before him are Thomas Gordon, Auguste Forel, Ulric Neisser, Amos Tversky, Oswald Külpe, and Franz Alexander. After him are Arnold Gesell, Havelock Ellis, Ernest Jones, Françoise Dolto, David Ausubel, and Stanley Schachter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Frans de Waal ranks 153. Before him are Jan Hammer, Oliver Hart, Yuriy Yekhanurov, Cassandra Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, and Maye Musk. After him are Helmuth Koinigg, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Natan Sharansky, Mitsuko Uchida, Tony Gatlif, and Rick Parfitt.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frans de Waal ranks 330 out of 1,427. Before him are Karel Dujardin (1622), Phillip Cocu (1970), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), and Jan Mandijn (1500). After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Jordi Cruyff (1974), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Anton Corbijn (1955), Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563), and Philippa of Guelders (1464).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among psychologists born in Netherlands, Frans de Waal ranks 2. Before him are Geert Hofstede (1928). After him are Henri Nouwen (1932), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and C. George Boeree (1952).

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