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John B. Calhoun

1917 - 1995

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John Bumpass Calhoun (May 11, 1917 – September 7, 1995) was an American ethologist and behavioral researcher noted for his studies of population density and its effects on behavior. He claimed that the bleak effects of overpopulation on rodents were a grim model for the future of the human race. During his studies, Calhoun coined the term "behavioral sink" to describe aberrant behaviors in overcrowded population density situations and "beautiful ones" to describe passive individuals who withdrew from all social interaction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John B. Calhoun has received more than 906,131 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John B. Calhoun is the 171st most popular biologist, the 1,680th most popular biography from United States and the 31st most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John B. Calhoun ranks 171 out of 841Before him are Bert Sakmann, César Milstein, Renato Dulbecco, Louis Agassiz, Michael Houghton, and Temple Grandin. After him are Hans Driesch, Wilbur Scoville, Stephen Jay Gould, Edward Tatum, Leland H. Hartwell, and Antoine Béchamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, John B. Calhoun ranks 73Before him are Chung Il-kwon, Herbert Lom, Ettore Sottsass, Juan Rulfo, Magda Szabó, and Stéphane Hessel. After him are Robert Bloch, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Yevgeny Khaldei, Will Eisner, Hirokazu Ninomiya, and Obdulio Varela. Among people deceased in 1995, John B. Calhoun ranks 60Before him are Ernest Walton, Mária Telkes, Alonzo Church, Eazy-E, Edda Mussolini, and James Meade. After him are Carlos Monzón, Ko Takamoro, Ernest Mandel, Joseph Needham, Yves Congar, and Nathan Rosen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John B. Calhoun ranks 1,680 out of 18,182Before him are Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Gary Busey (1944), Lillian Asplund (1906), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Kathleen Turner (1954), and Grace Zabriskie (1941). After him are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Hank Williams (1923), David Graf (1950), James J. Braddock (1905), Randolph Scott (1898), and Robert Bloch (1917).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John B. Calhoun ranks 31Before him are Gerald Edelman (1929), Daniel Nathans (1928), Robert Whittaker (1920), J. Michael Bishop (1936), Paul Greengard (1925), and Temple Grandin (1947). After him are Wilbur Scoville (1865), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Edward Tatum (1909), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), George Wald (1906), and George Smith (1941).