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Robert Anton Wilson

1932 - 2007

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Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews. In 1999 he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Anton Wilson has received more than 1,304,806 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Anton Wilson is the 882nd most popular philosopher (down from 782nd in 2019), the 3,870th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,087th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Anton Wilson ranks 882 out of 1,081Before him are Nasr Abu Zayd, Konstantin Leontiev, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, James Mark Baldwin, Simón Rodríguez, and Hermias. After him are J. M. E. McTaggart, Hugo Kołłątaj, Samuel Clarke, Nemesius, Zacharias Rhetor, and Firmin Abauzit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Anton Wilson ranks 196Before him are John Glen, Eileen Brennan, Qahhor Mahkamov, Helmut Griem, Hubert Reeves, and Mostafa Chamran. After him are Lia Manoliu, Pál Csernai, Edward Hardwicke, Saul Friedländer, Iskandar of Johor, and Enzo Mari. Among people deceased in 2007, Robert Anton Wilson ranks 155Before him are Theodore Maiman, Michel Lotito, Ladislav Adamec, Darlene Conley, Claude Pompidou, and Dabbs Greer. After him are Andranik Margaryan, Bauer, Ian Richardson, Fons Rademakers, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Floyd Westerman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Anton Wilson ranks 3,870 out of 18,182Before him are Ad Reinhardt (1913), Dabbs Greer (1917), Earl Warren (1891), Neal Stephenson (1959), Tom Bosley (1927), and Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829). After him are Bruce Davison (1946), Adrienne Rich (1929), Alvin York (1887), Jennifer Tilly (1958), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and Diane Venora (1952).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Robert Anton Wilson ranks 38Before him are Nancy Fraser (1947), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), David Lewis (1941), Edmund Gettier (1927), Susanne Langer (1895), and James Mark Baldwin (1861). After him are Lon L. Fuller (1902), Lysander Spooner (1808), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Susan George (1934), and Ram Dass (1931).