PSYCHOLOGIST

Thomas Gordon

1918 - 2002

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Thomas Gordon (March 11, 1918 – August 26, 2002) was an American clinical psychologist and colleague of Carl Rogers. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in teaching communication skills and conflict resolution methods to parents, teachers, leaders, women, youth and salespeople. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gordon has received more than 10,991 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thomas Gordon is the 119th most popular psychologist (up from 126th in 2019), the 2,242nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,380th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Psychologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thomas Gordons by language

Over the past year Thomas Gordon has had the most page views in the with 6,119 views, followed by German (5,846), and French (5,714). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (158.72%), West Frisian (69.29%), and Estonian (58.50%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Thomas Gordon ranks 119 out of 235. Before him are Frederic Bartlett, Adolf Bastian, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Robert Sternberg, Oswald Külpe, and Bluma Zeigarnik. After him are Henry Murray, Carol Gilligan, Ulric Neisser, Robert Plutchik, Otto F. Kernberg, and Urie Bronfenbrenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Thomas Gordon ranks 86. Before him are Henry Calvin, Philip José Farmer, Theodore Sturgeon, Choi Hong Hi, Abba Kovner, and Jean-Marie Loret. After him are Cicely Saunders, Huber Matos, Sandro Puppo, Igor Ansoff, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, and Gara Garayev. Among people deceased in 2002, Thomas Gordon ranks 84. Before him are Alexander Lebed, Pierre Werner, George Roy Hill, Marina Berti, Kim Hunter, and Ray Conniff. After him are Katy Jurado, Lionel Hampton, Juan Antonio Bardem, Branko Stanković, Dee Dee Ramone, and Igor Ansoff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Gordon ranks 2,242 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Brown (1989), Jenna Jameson (1974), Wilford Brimley (1934), Dean Acheson (1893), George Stevens (1904), and Rhea Seehorn (1972). After him are Wade Williams (1961), Charles Eames (1907), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), William M. Branham (1909), Henry Bergman (1868), and John Landis (1950).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Thomas Gordon ranks 40. Before him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Clark L. Hull (1884), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Robert Sternberg (1949). After him are Henry Murray (1893), Carol Gilligan (1936), Robert Plutchik (1927), George Kelly (1905), J. P. Guilford (1897), and Brian Weiss (1944).

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