SOCIOLOGIST

Georges Gurvitch

1894 - 1965

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Georges Gurvitch (Russian: Гео́ргий Дави́дович Гу́рвич; October 20, 1894, Novorossiysk – December 12, 1965, Paris) was a Russian-born French sociologist and jurist. One of the leading sociologists of his times, he was a specialist in the sociology of knowledge. In 1944 he founded the journal Cahiers internationaux de Sociologie. He held a chair in sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Gurvitch is the 34th most popular sociologist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 601st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Georges Gurvitch ranks 34 out of 79. Before him are Daniel Bell, Thomas Luckmann, Stuart Hall, Juan José Linz, Harold Garfinkel, and Ludwig Gumplowicz. After him are Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, Herbert Blumer, Howard S. Becker, and Charles Tilly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Georges Gurvitch ranks 71. Before him are Francisco Craveiro Lopes, King Vidor, Wilhelm Schepmann, André Kertész, Hans Langsdorff, and Friedrich Ebert Jr.. After him are Albert Leo Schlageter, José Carlos Mariátegui, Trygve Gulbranssen, Mei Lanfang, T. V. Soong, and E. E. Cummings. Among people deceased in 1965, Georges Gurvitch ranks 54. Before him are Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Hayato Ikeda, Jesse Douglas, and Joseph Erlanger. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Sydney Chaplin, Otozō Yamada, Taimur bin Feisal, José Mendes Cabeçadas, and Humberto Delgado.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Georges Gurvitch ranks 582 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Golitsyn (1850), Uliana of Tver (1325), Vladimir Shukhov (1853), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), and Mikhail Tomsky (1880). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Alexey Pajitnov (1956), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), Sergey Sazonov (1860), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), and Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Russia

Among sociologists born in Russia, Georges Gurvitch ranks 2. Before him are Pitirim Sorokin (1889). After him are Boris Kagarlitsky (1958).

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