PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Bradford Cannon

1871 - 1945

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Walter Bradford Cannon (October 19, 1871 – October 1, 1945) was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term "fight or flight response", and developed the theory of homeostasis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Bradford Cannon has received more than 327,215 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Walter Bradford Cannon is the 84th most popular psychologist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,433rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Psychologist.

Walter Bradford Cannon was most famous for his theory of homeostasis. His theory states that the body is in a constant state of equilibrium, and that any change in the body's equilibrium is met with a response by the body.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 84 out of 235. Before him are Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, Edward B. Titchener, Jean Tatlock, G. Stanley Hall, and David Wechsler. After him are Donald O. Hebb, Hugo Münsterberg, David McClelland, Rollo May, James McKeen Cattell, and Frederick Herzberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 31. Before him are Émile Borel, Maurice Garin, William Stern, Cordell Hull, Leonid Andreyev, and Ernst Zermelo. After him are Nicolae Iorga, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Lyonel Feininger, Willem Mengelberg, Gerardo Machado, and Sergei Bulgakov. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 90. Before him are Plutarco Elías Calles, Georg Kaiser, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Josef Terboven, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and Kurt Gerstein. After him are Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Hans Kammler, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Bernhard Rust.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 1,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Rollins (1961), Hiram Maxim (1840), Neil Diamond (1941), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Beck (1970), and Daniel Dennett (1942). After him are Ron Howard (1954), Harold Perrineau (1963), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Sam Walton (1918), Bernard Herrmann (1911), and Robert Whittaker (1920).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 29. Before him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Edward C. Tolman (1886), Timothy Leary (1920), Jean Tatlock (1914), and G. Stanley Hall (1846). After him are David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Benjamin Bloom (1913), and Clark L. Hull (1884).

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