PSYCHOLOGIST

William McDougall

1871 - 1938

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William McDougall FRS (; 22 June 1871 – 28 November 1938) was an early 20th century psychologist who was a professor at University College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and Duke University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McDougall has received more than 10,639 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William McDougall is the 109th most popular psychologist (up from 121st in 2019), the 1,239th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,341st in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, William McDougall ranks 109 out of 235Before him are Harry Stack Sullivan, Michael Balint, Auguste Forel, Jon Kabat-Zinn, R. D. Laing, and Édouard Claparède. After him are John Money, Heinz Kohut, Robert Cialdini, Frederic Bartlett, Adolf Bastian, and Aleksei N. Leontiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, William McDougall ranks 39Before him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Lyonel Feininger, Willem Mengelberg, Gerardo Machado, Sergei Bulgakov, and Zhang Jinghui. After him are Fedor Tokarev, Christian Morgenstern, Stephen Crane, Doppo Kunikida, Jovan Dučić, and Ovide Decroly. Among people deceased in 1938, William McDougall ranks 64Before him are Alexandru Averescu, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Axel Paulsen, Ludwig Borchardt, Edmund Landau, and Nicola Romeo. After him are Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Cao Kun, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Jukums Vācietis, Reginald Johnston, and Valery Chkalov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 1,239 out of 8,785Before him are James Faulkner (1948), Joseph Banks (1743), Robert Faurisson (1929), John Entwistle (1944), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883). After him are Ebenezer Howard (1850), Anthony Daniels (1946), Gildas (500), Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), and Frank Lampard (1978).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 7Before him are Donald Winnicott (1896), John Bowlby (1907), Raymond Cattell (1905), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Charles Spearman (1863), and R. D. Laing (1927). After him are Frederic Bartlett (1886), Havelock Ellis (1859), Alexander Bain (1818), Ernest Jones (1879), Brenda Milner (1918), and Ronald Fairbairn (1889).