PSYCHOLOGIST

Ronald Fairbairn

1889 - 1964

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William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn () FRSE (11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the Object Relations Theory of psychoanalysis. He was generally known and referred to as "W. Ronald D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Fairbairn has received more than 172,802 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Fairbairn is the 190th most popular psychologist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 2,892nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,772nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Psychologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

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  • 50.17

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ronald Fairbairn has had the most page views in the with 24,699 views, followed by Italian (3,044), and Russian (2,844). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (71.73%), Persian (57.65%), and Bulgarian (30.74%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 190 out of 235Before him are Otto Binswanger, Victor Skumin, C. George Boeree, Karl H. Pribram, Lisbeth Palme, and Gustave Gilbert. After him are Laura Perls, Sandra Bem, Michael Tomasello, Frederik van Eeden, Théodore Flournoy, and Jaak Panksepp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 189Before him are Otto Tief, Clifton Webb, Marcel Moyse, Elmo Lincoln, Julius Skutnabb, and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu. After him are János Garay, Erwin Stresemann, Dirk Coster, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Vera Karalli, and Willi Baumeister. Among people deceased in 1964, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 120Before him are Jean-Baptiste Janssens, Eugen Varga, Maurice Farman, Moa Martinson, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu. After him are Ólafur Thors, Anita Malfatti, Alfred Blalock, Jim Reeves, Jan de Vries, and Giuseppe Amato.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 2,892 out of 8,785Before him are Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), William Burnside (1852), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Julia McKenzie (1941), and Peter Walker (1912). After him are Josephine Butler (1828), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Maurice Evans (1901), and James Purefoy (1964).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fairbairn ranks 13Before him are William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Havelock Ellis (1859), Alexander Bain (1818), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918). After him are Alan Baddeley (1934), Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), Richard Lynn (1930), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), and Cyril Burt (1883).