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M. Scott Peck

1936 - 2005

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Morgan Scott Peck (1936–2005) was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who wrote the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. Scott Peck has received more than 1,192,810 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. M. Scott Peck is the 5,835th most popular writer (down from 5,376th in 2019), the 9,131st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,710th in 2019) and the 695th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, M. Scott Peck ranks 5,835 out of 7,302. Before him are Shaqe Çoba, Léon Frapié, Chaz Bono, Timrava, Sven Delblanc, and Mirdza Ķempe. After him are Peter Hacks, Wadih Sa'adeh, Hannu Salama, John of Worcester, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Akiva Goldsman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, M. Scott Peck ranks 480. Before him are Lyudmila Pinayeva, Satish Kumar, Jerry Sanders, Leo Wilden, Gerald Scarfe, and Loren Acton. After him are Hannu Salama, Ferenc Németh, Tivadar Monostori, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Volker Strassen, and José Manuel Pesudo. Among people deceased in 2005, M. Scott Peck ranks 294. Before him are Ariel Nogueira, Hubert Curien, Ruth Hussey, Sheree North, Misael Escuti, and Kay Stammers. After him are James Stockdale, David Lange, Keith Andes, Long John Baldry, Bruno Manser, and John N. Bahcall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, M. Scott Peck ranks 9,131 out of 20,380. Before him are John Abizaid (1951), Frank Benford (1883), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), Jorge Garcia (1973), Dennis Boutsikaris (1952), and Steve Jablonsky (1970). After him are Lukas Haas (1976), Philander C. Knox (1853), Bill Laimbeer (1957), Lauren Vélez (1964), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), and Gouverneur Morris (1752).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, M. Scott Peck ranks 695. Before him are Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Ann Bannon (1932), Carol Shields (1935), Bess Meredyth (1890), and Chaz Bono (1969). After him are Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Tony Hillerman (1925).

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