PSYCHOLOGIST

Karl Lashley

1890 - 1958

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Karl Spencer Lashley (June 7, 1890 – August 7, 1958) was an American psychologist and behaviorist remembered for his contributions to the study of learning and memory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Lashley has received more than 180,173 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Karl Lashley is the 199th most popular psychologist (down from 184th in 2019), the 5,885th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,448th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Psychologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Karl Lashley ranks 199 out of 235. Before him are Michael Tomasello, Frederik van Eeden, Théodore Flournoy, Jaak Panksepp, John C. Lilly, and Alan Baddeley. After him are Abraham Brill, Anne Treisman, Frank Rosenblatt, Carol Dweck, V. S. Ramachandran, and Anatol Rapoport.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Karl Lashley ranks 163. Before him are Ernst Deutsch, Jan de Vries, Willie Applegarth, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Alice Joyce, and Mark Tobey. After him are Jeanne Eagels, Thomas Tien Ken-sin, E. E. Smith, Lauritz Melchior, Lev Chernyi, and José Piendibene. Among people deceased in 1958, Karl Lashley ranks 123. Before him are Jesse L. Lasky, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Applegarth, Bhagwan Das, Feodor Gladkov, and Lydia Lipkowska. After him are Henock Abrahamsson, W. C. Handy, Mike Todd, Estelle Taylor, Nikolay Zabolotsky, and Jean Debucourt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Lashley ranks 5,885 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Katharine Green (1846), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Sharon Gless (1943), Robert Henri (1865), and Greg Bear (1951). After him are Helen Herron Taft (1861), Harry Shearer (1943), Buddy Rogers (1921), James Hansen (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), and Penn Badgley (1986).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Karl Lashley ranks 68. Before him are Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Lewis Terman (1877), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Sandra Bem (1944), Michael Tomasello (1950), and John C. Lilly (1915). After him are Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Julian Jaynes (1920), Neal E. Miller (1909), Nancy Chodorow (1944), Lee Cronbach (1916), and Christina Maslach (1946).

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