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Louis Wirth

1897 - 1952

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Louis Wirth (August 28, 1897 – May 3, 1952) was an American sociologist and member of the Chicago school of sociology. His interests included city life, minority group behavior, and mass media, and he is recognised as one of the leading urban sociologists. He spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago. He was the first president of the International Sociological Association (1949–1952) and the 37th president of the American Sociological Association (1947). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Wirth is the 67th most popular sociologist, the 4,781st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,662nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Louis Wirth ranks 67 out of 79. Before him are Jeffrey C. Alexander, Michael Mann, Claus Offe, Henri Hubert, Göran Therborn, and Loïc Wacquant. After him are Anthony D. Smith, Peter Blau, Theda Skocpol, Margaret Archer, John Urry, and Robert Nisbet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Wirth ranks 248. Before him are Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Isabel Briggs Myers, Nils Asther, Dorothy Arzner, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, and Émile Albrecht. After him are Bert Schneider, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Adolph Deutsch, Gerhard Lamprecht, Knudåge Riisager, and Kálmán Tihanyi. Among people deceased in 1952, Louis Wirth ranks 150. Before him are Gregory La Cava, Forest Ray Moulton, Fartein Valen, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Italo Montemezzi, and Henriette Roland Holst. After him are Aleksandr Andronov, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Concepción Aleixandre, Maryse Bastié, François Gagnepain, and Francis Pegahmagabow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis Wirth ranks 4,784 out of 7,253. Before him are Sabine Meyer (1959), Walter Kempowski (1929), Jamal Musiala (2003), Helene Lange (1848), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), and Horst Stein (1928). After him are Gerhard von Rad (1901), Helga Seidler (1949), Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864), Hermann Kant (1926), Nina Hoss (1975), and Harald Irmscher (1946).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Louis Wirth ranks 11. Before him are Robert Michels (1876), Juan José Linz (1926), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), and Claus Offe (1940).

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