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PSYCHOLOGIST

Louis Leon Thurstone

1887 - 1955

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Louis Leon Thurstone (29 May 1887 – 29 September 1955) was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thurstone as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, James J. Gibson, David Rumelhart, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Leon Thurstone has received more than 262,108 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Leon Thurstone is the 181st most popular psychologist (down from 152nd in 2019), the 5,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,393rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 16

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 181 out of 183. Before him are Lewis Terman, Alan Baddeley, Karl H. Pribram, Nise da Silveira, Michael Tomasello, and Jonathan Haidt. After him are Ronald Fairbairn, Frederik van Eeden, Karl Lashley, Abraham Brill, Robert Yerkes, and V. S. Ramachandran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 165. Before him are Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Aldo Leopold, Pierre Jean Jouve, Johann Radon, Leevi Madetoja, and Sylvia Beach. After him are Maria Jeritza, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Paul W. Merrill, Alan Cunningham, and Jack Conway. Among people deceased in 1955, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 98. Before him are Hans Hedtoft, Theodor Plievier, Karl Hofer, Helena Roerich, Ramón Muttis, and Bill Vukovich. After him are Willi Baumeister, Tom Moore, Manny Ayulo, Hamida Javanshir, Leonardus Nardus, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 5,027 out of 18,182. Before him are Sargent Shriver (1915), Johnny Nash (1940), Woody Herman (1913), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Ron Kovic (1946), and David Rasche (1944). After him are Brendan Eich (1961), Frank Marshall (1946), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), William D. Leahy (1875), Loretta Swit (1937), and Amos Bronson Alcott (1799).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Louis Leon Thurstone ranks 65. Before him are Arthur Janov (1924), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), John C. Lilly (1915), Lewis Terman (1877), Michael Tomasello (1950), and Jonathan Haidt (1963). After him are Karl Lashley (1890), Robert Yerkes (1876), Sandra Bem (1944), Julian Jaynes (1920), Lee Cronbach (1916), and Nancy Chodorow (1944).

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