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Harold Garfinkel

1917 - 2011

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Harold Garfinkel (October 29, 1917 – April 21, 2011) was an American sociologist and ethnomethodologist, who taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. Having developed and established ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry in sociology, he is probably best known for Studies in Ethnomethodology (1967), a collection of articles. Selections from unpublished materials were later published in two volumes: Seeing Sociologically and Ethnomethodology's Program. Moreover, during his time at University of Newark, which became Rutgers University, he enrolled in Theory of Accounts, a course that covered accounting and bookkeeping procedures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Garfinkel is the 32nd most popular sociologist (up from 33rd in 2019), the 2,413th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,151st in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Harold Garfinkel ranks 32 out of 79. Before him are Ziya Gökalp, Robert N. Bellah, Daniel Bell, Thomas Luckmann, Stuart Hall, and Juan José Linz. After him are Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, and Herbert Blumer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Harold Garfinkel ranks 94. Before him are Yigael Yadin, Ettore Sottsass, Maurice Trintignant, Augusto Roa Bastos, Atle Selberg, and Roque Máspoli. After him are Luis Carniglia, Irving Penn, Jânio Quadros, Alexander Schmorell, Will Eisner, and Stéphane Hessel. Among people deceased in 2011, Harold Garfinkel ranks 91. Before him are Walter Bonatti, Helen Frankenthaler, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Ján Popluhár, Sergei Bagapsh, and Warren Christopher. After him are Pinetop Perkins, Ange-Félix Patassé, Danielle Mitterrand, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Paul Baran, and Vasily Alekseyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Garfinkel ranks 2,413 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Martin (1981), Sonny Rollins (1930), Loretta Young (1913), Jim Parsons (1973), E. Howard Hunt (1918), and Fredric March (1897). After him are Vannevar Bush (1890), Mary Anderson (1862), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Shannen Doherty (1971), and Kalākaua (1836).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Harold Garfinkel ranks 8. Before him are Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), C. Wright Mills (1916), Robert N. Bellah (1927), and Daniel Bell (1919). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Howard S. Becker (1928), Charles Tilly (1929), and Edwin Sutherland (1883).

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