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John Urry

1946 - 2016

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John Richard Urry (; 1 June 1946, London – 18 March 2016, Lancaster) was a British sociologist who served as a professor at Lancaster University. He is noted for work in the fields of the sociology of tourism and mobility. He wrote books on many other aspects of modern society including the transition away from "organised capitalism", the sociology of nature and environmentalism, and social theory in general. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Urry is the 72nd most popular sociologist (up from 73rd in 2019), the 4,564th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,535th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, John Urry ranks 72 out of 79. Before him are Loïc Wacquant, Louis Wirth, Anthony D. Smith, Peter Blau, Theda Skocpol, and Margaret Archer. After him are Robert Nisbet, Rodney Stark, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Boris Kagarlitsky, Grażyna Gęsicka, and Ralph Miliband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Urry ranks 628. Before him are Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, Priit Pärn, Dimitrij Rupel, Sergio Gori, María Teresa Ruiz, and Franco Malerba. After him are Valdomiro, Ram Vilas Paswan, Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Mordehai Milgrom, Franz Xaver Kroetz, and Aruna Irani. Among people deceased in 2016, John Urry ranks 437. Before him are Anatoly Roshchin, Donald E. Williams, Jacques Rouffio, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Pauline Oliveros, and Solomon Marcus. After him are Vince Boryla, Ellen Niit, Aki Schmidt, Anton Pronk, Nick Menza, and Lothar Späth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Urry ranks 4,565 out of 8,785. Before him are Samantha Morton (1977), Stephen Leacock (1869), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Doug Sampson (1957), Eddie Colman (1936), and Jimmy Hogan (1882). After him are Peter R. Hunt (1925), Phoebe Dynevor (1995), Richard Haydn (1905), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), and Kenneth More (1914).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, John Urry ranks 7. Before him are Anthony Giddens (1938), T. H. Marshall (1893), Basil Bernstein (1924), Michael Mann (1942), Anthony D. Smith (1939), and Margaret Archer (1943).

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