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Thomas Szasz

1920 - 2012

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Thomas Stephen Szasz ( SAHSS; Hungarian: Szász Tamás István [saːs]; 15 April 1920 – 8 September 2012) was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Szasz has received more than 1,021,583 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thomas Szasz is the 341st most popular physician (down from 313th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 241st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thomas Szaszs by language

Over the past year Thomas Szasz has had the most page views in the with 129,356 views, followed by Spanish (11,433), and Russian (7,526). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (128.29%), Egyptian Arabic (90.37%), and Southern Azerbaijani (87.25%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Szasz ranks 341 out of 726. Before him are Realdo Colombo, Filippo Pacini, Victor Babeș, Mondino de Luzzi, Nikolai Korotkov, and Paul Janssen. After him are James Braid, Max Heindel, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, Anthony Fauci, Ibn Abi Usaibia, and Shinya Yamanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Thomas Szasz ranks 163. Before him are Lazar Mojsov, Josip Manolić, Dick Francis, Marlen Haushofer, Marie Tharp, and Janet Jagan. After him are Richard Adams, Katsuko Saruhashi, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Barend Biesheuvel, William Conrad, and Eduardo Mondlane. Among people deceased in 2012, Thomas Szasz ranks 132. Before him are Sid Watkins, Pahiño, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Ahmed Jabari, Lars Hörmander, and Gae Aulenti. After him are Sally Ride, Georgi Lozanov, Iajuddin Ahmed, Lakshmi Sahgal, George Knobel, and Pavel Grachev.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Thomas Szasz ranks 275 out of 1,077. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1255), George Friedman (1949), John G. Kemeny (1926), Ferenc Münnich (1886), János Kornai (1928), and Géza Maróczy (1870). After him are Ferenc Nagy (1903), Tivadar Soros (1894), Ferenc Szusza (1923), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Béla Imrédy (1891), and Leó Weiner (1885).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Hungary

Among physicians born in Hungary, Thomas Szasz ranks 5. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), and Gabor Maté (1944). After him are Moritz Kaposi (1837), Eva Klein (1925), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), Edith Farkas (1921), Gabriele Possanner (1860), Vilma Hugonnai (1847), and Jenő Kamuti (1937).

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