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Also Known As Neil Joseph Smelser
Born July 22, 1930 • Missouri
Died October 2, 2017 (aged 87) • Berkeley • California
Subjects Of Study collective behaviour • personality • social structure
James S. Coleman
American sociologist
Talcott Parsons
American sociologist
W. I. Thomas
American sociologist
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
British philosopher
Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist and sociologist
Richard Thurnwald
German ethnologist
Robert Lynd
American sociologist
Helen Lynd
American sociologist
Leon Festinger
American psychologist
Robert D. Bullard
Robert D. Bullard
American sociologist and environmental activist
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
German psychoanalyst
Mirra Komarovsky
Russian-born sociologist
Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie
American author and lecturer
Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Marshall B. Clinard
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Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist
Harold Lasswell
American political scientist
Todd Gitlin
American political activist and author
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Elihu Katz
American sociologist