POLITICAL SCIENTIST

James Flynn

1934 - 2020

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James Robert Flynn (28 April 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an American-born New Zealand moral philosopher and intelligence researcher. Originally from Washington, D.C., and educated at the University of Chicago, Flynn emigrated to Dunedin in 1963, where he taught political studies at the University of Otago. He was noted for his publications about the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores throughout the world, which is now referred to as the Flynn effect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Flynn has received more than 17,142 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Flynn is the 39th most popular political scientist (down from 29th in 2019), the 10,461st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,910th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, James Flynn ranks 39 out of 46. Before him are Michel Pablo, Graham Allison, Olivier Roy, Adam Przeworski, Sidney Verba, and Cass Sunstein. After him are Charles Murray, Claudine Gay, Alena V. Ledeneva, Pippa Norris, Alexis Herman, and Bruce Gilley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, James Flynn ranks 503. Before him are Bengt Nilsson, Stanton T. Friedman, David Halberstam, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Nikola Kovachev, and Ahmad NikTalab. After him are Rodney Stark, Gábor Novák, Jaime Belmonte, Miroslav Koranda, Peter Schamoni, and Alan Garner. Among people deceased in 2020, James Flynn ranks 657. Before him are Ang Rita, Haruma Miura, Nicolas Alfonsi, Ahmad NikTalab, Touriya Jabrane, and Pau Donés. After him are Georg Volkert, Hasan Muratović, Michel Roux, Michael Robinson, Bhanu Athaiya, and Kumiko Okae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Flynn ranks 10,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Bertha Townsend (1869), Jake Sullivan (1976), Colton Ford (1962), Robert Walker (1940), Reg E. Cathey (1958), and Robert Spitzer (1932). After him are Ed Powers (1954), Paul Johansson (1964), Rodney Stark (1934), Gregory Porter (1971), Tracie Thoms (1975), and Gene Saks (1921).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, James Flynn ranks 15. Before him are Robert D. Putnam (1941), William Graham Sumner (1840), Robert Keohane (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Sidney Verba (1932), and Cass Sunstein (1954). After him are Charles Murray (1943), Claudine Gay (1970), and Alexis Herman (1947).

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