PSYCHOLOGIST

Martin Seligman

1942 - Today

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Martin Elias Peter Seligman (; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Seligman has received more than 1,231,344 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Martin Seligman is the 53rd most popular psychologist (up from 56th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from United States (down from 779th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Psychologist.

Martin Seligman is most famous for his work in the field of positive psychology. He is the author of the book "Learned Optimism" and the founder of the field of positive psychology.

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  • 63.68

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.23

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  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Martin Seligman ranks 53 out of 235. Before him are Raymond Cattell, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Sabina Spielrein, Bruno Bettelheim, Albert Ellis, and Kurt Koffka. After him are Aaron T. Beck, Alexander Luria, Fritz Perls, Stanley Milgram, Pierre Janet, and Solomon Asch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Martin Seligman ranks 62. Before him are Françoise Dorléac, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Michael Bloomberg, Caetano Veloso, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Vladimír Mečiar. After him are Jacob Zuma, John Clauser, Sandro Mazzola, Felipe González, Giacomo Agostini, and Thabo Mbeki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Seligman ranks 845 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Margolis (1939), Ray Manzarek (1939), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Wes Craven (1939), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), and Benny Goodman (1909). After him are Robert Venturi (1925), Lex Barker (1919), John J. Pershing (1860), Dorothea Lange (1895), Leon Cooper (1930), and Clifford Shull (1915).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Martin Seligman ranks 17. Before him are Paul Ekman (1934), Jerome Bruner (1915), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Alfred Kinsey (1894), and Albert Ellis (1913). After him are Aaron T. Beck (1921), Stanley Milgram (1933), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Zimbardo (1933), and Mary Ainsworth (1913).

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