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Born December 13, 1902 • Colorado Springs • Colorado
Died May 8, 1979 (aged 76) • Munich
Subjects Of Study social structure
Neil Smelser
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Robert K. Merton
American sociologist
Pitirim Alexandrovitch Sorokin
American sociologist
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
British philosopher
Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist and sociologist
Richard Thurnwald
German ethnologist
Helen Lynd
American sociologist
Robert Lynd
American sociologist
Robert D. Bullard
Robert D. Bullard
American sociologist and environmental activist
Mirra Komarovsky
Russian-born sociologist
Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Marshall B. Clinard
American sociologist and criminologist
Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist
Todd Gitlin
American political activist and author
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Elihu Katz
American sociologist
James S. Coleman
American sociologist
Mary Parker Follett
American sociologist
Gresham M. Sykes
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William Julius Wilson
American sociologist