PSYCHOLOGIST

Timothy Leary

1920 - 1996

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Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound". According to poet Allen Ginsberg, he was "a hero of American consciousness", while writer Tom Robbins called him a "brave neuronaut". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timothy Leary has received more than 7,474,459 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Timothy Leary is the 78th most popular psychologist (down from 64th in 2019), the 1,284th most popular biography from United States (down from 951st in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Psychologist.

Timothy Leary was a psychologist and writer who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, as a means of spiritual enlightenment.

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  • 7.5M

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  • 61.01

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Timothy Leary ranks 78 out of 235. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber, George Armitage Miller, Karl Bühler, Edward C. Tolman, William Stern, and Ludwig Binswanger. After him are Paul Watzlawick, Edward B. Titchener, Jean Tatlock, G. Stanley Hall, David Wechsler, and Walter Bradford Cannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Timothy Leary ranks 60. Before him are P. D. James, Dave Brubeck, Ovadia Yosef, Maureen O'Hara, Jack Elam, and Ștefan Kovács. After him are Setsuko Hara, Mario Beccaria, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, Richard Farnsworth, and Isaac Stern. Among people deceased in 1996, Timothy Leary ranks 46. Before him are António de Spínola, Shūsaku Endō, Claudette Colbert, Georges Duby, Alain Poher, and Fujiko Fujio. After him are P. L. Travers, Ernesto Geisel, Nevill Francis Mott, Martin Balsam, George Davis Snell, and Marianne Bachmeier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy Leary ranks 1,284 out of 20,380. Before him are Carla Bley (1936), Alan Silvestri (1950), Robin Cook (1940), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), John Dickinson (1732), and Ivan Sutherland (1938). After him are Susan Hayward (1917), J. Michael Bishop (1936), Cordell Hull (1871), Michael Connelly (1956), Joe Mantegna (1947), and Gillian Anderson (1968).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Timothy Leary ranks 26. Before him are Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), and Edward C. Tolman (1886). After him are Jean Tatlock (1914), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), and James McKeen Cattell (1860).

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