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Charles Tilly

1929 - 2008

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Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1984 before becoming the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. He has been described as "the founding father of 21st-century sociology" and "one of the world's preeminent sociologists and historians." He published widely across topics such as urban sociology, state formation, democracy, social movements, labor, and inequality. He was an influential proponent of large-scale historical social science research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Tilly is the 40th most popular sociologist (down from 38th in 2019), the 3,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,957th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Charles Tilly ranks 40 out of 79. Before him are Georges Gurvitch, Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, Herbert Blumer, and Howard S. Becker. After him are Amitai Etzioni, Shmuel Eisenstadt, T. H. Marshall, Edwin Sutherland, Mark Granovetter, and Marcel Granet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Charles Tilly ranks 194. Before him are Elizabeth Roemer, Anne Meara, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Leila Abashidze, Elio Petri, and Jürgen Ehlers. After him are Rafael Eitan, Amitai Etzioni, Gastone Moschin, Claude Goretta, Kjell Askildsen, and Duje Bonačić. Among people deceased in 2008, Charles Tilly ranks 129. Before him are Joseph M. Juran, Lazare Ponticelli, Khiuaz Dospanova, Marie Smith Jones, Jürgen Ehlers, and Joan Segarra. After him are David Ausubel, Mitch Mitchell, Gerard Damiano, Donald E. Westlake, Mieczysław Rakowski, and Christodoulos of Athens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Tilly ranks 3,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Catherine Keener (1959), Clarence Brown (1890), Richard Thorpe (1896), Ben Webster (1909), D. B. Weiss (1971), and Bruce McGill (1950). After him are Tico Torres (1953), David Ausubel (1918), Dove Cameron (1996), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Jack Kevorkian (1928), and James Henry Breasted (1865).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Charles Tilly ranks 13. Before him are Daniel Bell (1919), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), and Howard S. Becker (1928). After him are Edwin Sutherland (1883), Mark Granovetter (1943), David Riesman (1909), Randall Collins (1941), James Samuel Coleman (1926), and George Ritzer (1940).

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