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Daniel Bell

1919 - 2011

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Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". His three best known works are The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Bell is the 28th most popular sociologist (down from 25th in 2019), the 2,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,480th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Sociologist.

Daniel Bell is most famous for his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, in which he argues that the post-industrial society will be a society of knowledge workers.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Daniel Bell ranks 28 out of 79. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Michels, Peter L. Berger, Saskia Sassen, Ziya Gökalp, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are Thomas Luckmann, Stuart Hall, Juan José Linz, Harold Garfinkel, Ludwig Gumplowicz, and Georges Gurvitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Daniel Bell ranks 67. Before him are Ryszard Kaczorowski, José Villalonga, Licio Gelli, Charles Sweeney, Margaret Burbidge, and Maurice Herzog. After him are Uta Hagen, Lauri Törni, Glafcos Clerides, Wolfgang Wagner, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Among people deceased in 2011, Daniel Bell ranks 83. Before him are Madame Nhu, Gunter Sachs, Valentin Ivanov, Jimmy Savile, Jesús María Pereda, and Richard Winters. After him are Juan María Bordaberry, Walter Bonatti, Helen Frankenthaler, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Ján Popluhár, and Sergei Bagapsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 2,244 out of 20,380. Before him are George Stevens (1904), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Lance Armstrong (1971), John Frankenheimer (1930), Michael McDonald (1952), and John Carradine (1906). After him are H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Cindy Crawford (1966), Don Budge (1915), Jerry Stiller (1927), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), and Alfred Stieglitz (1864).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 7. Before him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), C. Wright Mills (1916), and Robert N. Bellah (1927). After him are Harold Garfinkel (1917), Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Howard S. Becker (1928), and Charles Tilly (1929).

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