PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Wiseman

1966 - Today

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Richard J. Wiseman (born 17 September 1966) is a professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has written several psychology books. He has given keynote addresses to The Royal Society, The Swiss Economic Forum, Google and Amazon. He is a fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a patron of Humanists UK. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wiseman has received more than 330,731 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard Wiseman is the 234th most popular psychologist (down from 207th in 2019), the 6,157th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,417th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Psychologist.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Richard Wiseman ranks 234 out of 235. Before him are Cyril Burt, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Arthur Jensen, Evelyn Hooker, Robert S. Woodworth, and Dan Ariely. After him are Leda Cosmides, Melanie Joy, and David McNeill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Richard Wiseman ranks 563. Before him are Kevin Johnson, Petr Svoboda, Liane Moriarty, Miloš Tichý, Athina Rachel Tsangari, and Sean Kinney. After him are José González, Angela Cavagna, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Jonathan Crombie, Naoki Hattori, and Richard Grenell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Wiseman ranks 6,157 out of 8,785. Before him are Dan Wheldon (1978), Keith Devlin (1947), Mimi Keene (1998), George Armstrong (1944), Wes Morgan (1984), and Robin Cousins (1957). After him are Ted Burgin (1927), Jonathan Woodgate (1980), Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Adam Johnson (1987), and Paul Lambert (1969).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Richard Wiseman ranks 20. Before him are Alan Baddeley (1934), Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), Richard Lynn (1930), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), and Cyril Burt (1883).

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