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Harrison, Frederic
(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Frederic, 1831–1923, English jurist and sociologist. He served on various law commissions and was (1877–89) professor of jurisprudence and international law under the Council…Merton, Robert King
(Encyclopedia) Merton, Robert King, 1910–2003, American sociologist, b. Philadelphia as Meyer Schkolnick, grad. Temple Univ. (A.B., 1931) and Harvard (M.A., 1932; Ph.D., 1936). From 1941 on he was a…Le Play, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric
(Encyclopedia) Le Play, Pierre Guillaume FrédéricLe Play, Pierre Guillaume Frédéricpyĕr gēyōmˈ frādārēkˈ lə plā [key], 1806–82, French sociologist and economist. As an engineer he traveled through…Tarde, Gabriel de
(Encyclopedia) Tarde, Gabriel deTarde, Gabriel degäbrēĕlˈ də tärd [key], 1843–1904, French sociologist and criminologist. During his years of public service as a magistrate, he became interested in…Simmel, Georg
(Encyclopedia) Simmel, GeorgSimmel, Georggāˈôrk zĭmˈəl [key], 1858–1918, German philosopher and sociologist. At the universities of Berlin and Strasbourg he was an influential lecturer. Basing his…Ross, Edward Alsworth
(Encyclopedia) Ross, Edward Alsworth, 1866–1951, American sociologist, b. Virden, Ill., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1891. He taught economics (1893–1900) at Stanford Univ., from which he was ousted in a…Radičová, Iveta
(Encyclopedia) Radičová, Iveta, 1956–, Slovakian political leader, b. Bratislava. A sociologist, she graduated from the Univ. of Bratislava (B.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1981), later teaching at Comenius Univ…Horkheimer, Max
(Encyclopedia) Horkheimer, MaxHorkheimer, Maxhôrkˈhīˌmər, hôrˈkīˌ– [key], 1895–1973, German philosopher and sociologist. As director (1930–58) of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, he…MacIver, Robert Morrison
(Encyclopedia) MacIver, Robert MorrisonMacIver, Robert Morrisonməkēˈvər, –kīˈvər [key], 1882–1970, Scottish-American sociologist, b. Scotland, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh and Oxford. He began teaching…Moore, Barrington
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Barrington, 1913–2005, American sociologist and political scientist. Moore wrote a number of books on historical sociology that focus on Soviet society. Based at the Russian…Trending
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