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PSYCHOLOGIST

Milton H. Erickson

1901 - 1980

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Milton Hyland Erickson (5 December 1901 – 25 March 1980) was an American psychiatrist and psychologist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was the founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis. He is noted for his approach to the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton H. Erickson has received more than 855,312 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Milton H. Erickson is the 34th most popular psychologist (up from 37th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from United States (up from 465th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Psychologist.

Milton H. Erickson is most famous for his use of hypnosis to treat patients with mental disorders. He is also known for his use of language and metaphors to help patients relax and enter a trance-like state.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Milton H. Erickson ranks 34 out of 183. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Gustav Fechner, Karen Horney, Jerome Bruner, Paul Ekman, and Howard Gardner. After him are Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck, John Bowlby, Hermann Rorschach, Eric Berne, and Albert Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Milton H. Erickson ranks 30. Before him are Joaquín Rodrigo, Margaret Mead, Jean Dubuffet, Simon Kuznets, Max Euwe, and Andrey Vlasov. After him are Witold Pilecki, Mohamed Naguib, Robert Bresson, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Ernest Lawrence. Among people deceased in 1980, Milton H. Erickson ranks 24. Before him are Marshall McLuhan, Romain Gary, Peter Sellers, Otto Frank, Alexei Kosygin, and Gianni Rodari. After him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Hans Asperger, Oswald Mosley, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Bill Evans, and Marcelo Caetano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milton H. Erickson ranks 441 out of 18,182. Before him are Kim Basinger (1953), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Babe Ruth (1895), Oliver Stone (1946), George Clooney (1961), and Stephen Hillenburg (1961). After him are Joan Crawford (1904), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Gordon Allport (1897), Tennessee Williams (1911), Cliff Burton (1962), and Montgomery Clift (1920).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Milton H. Erickson ranks 13. Before him are Edward Thorndike (1874), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Jerome Bruner (1915), Paul Ekman (1934), and Howard Gardner (1943). After him are Gordon Allport (1897), Albert Ellis (1913), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Philip Zimbardo (1933), and Stanley Milgram (1933).

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