PSYCHOLOGIST

Simon Baron-Cohen

1958 - Today

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Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen (born 15 August 1958) is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the university's Autism Research Centre and a Fellow of Trinity College. In 1985, Baron-Cohen formulated the mindblindness theory of autism, the evidence for which he collated and published in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Baron-Cohen has received more than 2,121,612 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Baron-Cohen is the 220th most popular psychologist (down from 204th in 2019), the 4,496th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,470th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Psychologist.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Simon Baron-Cohens by language

Over the past year Simon Baron-Cohen has had the most page views in the with 235,203 views, followed by French (11,123), and Italian (9,379). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (165.94%), Persian (85.71%), and Armenian (51.91%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 220 out of 235. Before him are Richard Lynn, Christina Maslach, Robert Yerkes, Judith Rich Harris, Elsa Cayat, and David Buss. After him are August Dvorak, Uta Frith, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Jonathan Kellerman, Joseph Nicolosi, and Sherry Turkle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 360. Before him are Juliano Mer-Khamis, James McCaffrey, Curt Hennig, Francesco Damiani, Sean Michaels, and Alexander Tarasov. After him are Marc Randolph, Michel De Wolf, Klaus Berggreen, Akihiro Nishimura, Jeannie Pepper, and Chris Hughton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 4,496 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Cahill (1985), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), Bernard Lovell (1913), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and Ken Matthews (1934). After him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Jamie Bell (1986), Mark Catesby (1683), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Luke Goss (1968), and Edward Newton (1832).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Simon Baron-Cohen ranks 18. Before him are Brenda Milner (1918), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), Alan Baddeley (1934), Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), and Richard Lynn (1930). After him are Cyril Burt (1883), and Richard Wiseman (1966).

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