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Robert Yerkes

1876 - 1956

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Robert Mearns Yerkes (; May 26, 1876 – February 3, 1956) was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology. Yerkes was a pioneer in the study both of human and primate intelligence and of the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees. Along with John D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Yerkes has received more than 181,101 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Yerkes is the 216th most popular psychologist (down from 186th in 2019), the 8,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,635th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 17

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Robert Yerkes ranks 216 out of 235. Before him are Neal E. Miller, Marie Jahoda, Nancy Chodorow, Lee Cronbach, Richard Lynn, and Christina Maslach. After him are Judith Rich Harris, Elsa Cayat, David Buss, Simon Baron-Cohen, August Dvorak, and Uta Frith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Robert Yerkes ranks 172. Before him are Havergal Brian, H. B. Warner, Oscar Dessomville, Ásgrímur Jónsson, Sverre Hassel, and Gregory Mathews. After him are Elisabeth Moore, Paul Montel, William Carr, Henri Hérouin, Georg Hilmar, and Ernest Henry Wilson. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Yerkes ranks 180. Before him are Jacques Moeschal, Pierre Allemane, Lajos Asztalos, Robert Newton, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Robert Julius Trumpler. After him are Jan Lechoń, Otto Scheff, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Khadr El-Touni, Leonard Peterson, and María Teresa Ferrari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Yerkes ranks 8,019 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Mathias (1930), Walter Murch (1943), Christina Maslach (1946), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Laura Leighton (1968), and Edwin Starr (1942). After him are A. P. Hill (1825), Lyle Mays (1953), Robert Ridgway (1850), Derek Sherinian (1966), Adam McKay (1968), and Kay Francis (1905).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Robert Yerkes ranks 75. Before him are Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Julian Jaynes (1920), Neal E. Miller (1909), Nancy Chodorow (1944), Lee Cronbach (1916), and Christina Maslach (1946). After him are Judith Rich Harris (1938), David Buss (1953), August Dvorak (1894), Jonathan Kellerman (1949), Joseph Nicolosi (1947), and Sherry Turkle (1948).

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