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J. P. Guilford

1897 - 1987

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Joy Paul Guilford (March 7, 1897 – November 26, 1987) was an American psychologist best known for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the distinction between convergent and divergent production. Developing the views of L. L. Thurstone, Guilford rejected Charles Spearman's view that intelligence could be characterized in a single numerical parameter. He proposed that three dimensions were necessary for accurate description: operations, content, and products. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. P. Guilford has received more than 524,827 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). J. P. Guilford is the 136th most popular psychologist (up from 140th in 2019), the 2,730th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,920th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, J. P. Guilford ranks 136 out of 235. Before him are Amos Tversky, George Kelly, Steven Pinker, Helene Deutsch, Kurt Goldstein, and Havelock Ellis. After him are Henri Wallon, Brian Weiss, Léopold Szondi, Elizabeth Loftus, Françoise Dolto, and Roberto Assagioli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, J. P. Guilford ranks 114. Before him are Georgy Shpagin, Michael Lippert, Fazlollah Zahedi, Marian Anderson, Bernard Lyot, and Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley. After him are Husni al-Za'im, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Eddie Eagan, Agustín Lara, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Eric Knight. Among people deceased in 1987, J. P. Guilford ranks 86. Before him are Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Asim Ferhatović, Masatoshi Nakayama, Yasuo Haruyama, Anatoli Papanov, and Lorne Greene. After him are Konstantinos Tsatsos, Alfred Bester, Alejandro Scopelli, Yves Allégret, Morton Feldman, and Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. P. Guilford ranks 2,730 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacques Futrelle (1875), Joey DeMaio (1954), Billy Drago (1945), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Ronald Lauder (1944), and Perry King (1948). After him are Bobby McFerrin (1950), Aldrich Ames (1941), Michael Nouri (1945), Don Henley (1947), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), and Sue Lyon (1946).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, J. P. Guilford ranks 45. Before him are Robert Sternberg (1949), Thomas Gordon (1918), Henry Murray (1893), Carol Gilligan (1936), Robert Plutchik (1927), and George Kelly (1905). After him are Brian Weiss (1944), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Harry Harlow (1905), Rensis Likert (1903), Benjamin Spock (1903), and David Ausubel (1918).

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