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Mary Whiton Calkins

1863 - 1930

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Mary Whiton Calkins (; 30 March 1863 – 26 February 1930) was an American philosopher and psychologist, whose work informed theory and research of memory, dreams and the self. In 1903, Calkins was the twelfth in a listing of fifty psychologists with the most merit, chosen by her peers. Calkins was refused a Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Whiton Calkins has received more than 359,802 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mary Whiton Calkins is the 1,157th most popular philosopher (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 7,108th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,172nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 1,157 out of 1,267Before her are Hector Boece, Ralph Cudworth, William Lane Craig, John McDowell, Pat Robertson, and Mark Fisher. After her are Thomas Sebeok, Uku Masing, F. C. S. Schiller, John Finnis, John Peckham, and Anthony Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 145Before her are Ekvtime Takaishvili, Blanche Bingley, W. W. Jacobs, Hugo Winckler, Frederic G. Kenyon, and Sergey Oldenburg. After her are William Henry Young, Eduard David, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Marguerite Audoux, Mabel Cahill, and John Goodall. Among people deceased in 1930, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 106Before her are Florian Cajori, Leonard Meredith, Nikolay Kasatkin, Alfred John Keene, Thomas Walker Arnold, and John Russell. After her are Helene Lange, Joseph Alzin, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Gabriel Miró, Jens Christian Christensen, and Eduard David.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 7,108 out of 20,380Before her are Larry Lieber (1931), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Bruce Glover (1932), Kay Sage (1898), and Jerry Van Dyke (1931). After her are Alexandra Hedison (1969), Rose Marie (1923), Frank O'Hara (1926), Carol Shaw (1955), Craig Jones (1972), and Jason Segel (1980).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Mary Whiton Calkins ranks 65Before her are Gary L. Francione (1954), Nancy Cartwright (1944), Marshall Berman (1940), Allan Bloom (1930), William Lane Craig (1949), and Pat Robertson (1930). After her are Iris Marion Young (1949), William Chittick (1943), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert Brandom (1950), William Alston (1921), and James Burnham (1905).