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Paul Lazarsfeld

1901 - 1976

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Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) was an Austrian-American sociologist and mathematician. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social research. "It is not so much that he was an American sociologist," one colleague said of him after his death, "as it was that he determined what American sociology would be." Lazarsfeld said that his goal was "to produce Paul Lazarsfelds".: 3  He was a founding figure in 20th-century empirical sociology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Lazarsfeld is the 22nd most popular sociologist (down from 21st in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 236th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Sociologist.

Paul Lazarsfeld was most famous for his work in the field of sociology. He was one of the founders of the University of Columbia's Bureau of Applied Social Research, which is now the Department of Sociology. He is also credited with developing the two-step flow theory.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 22 out of 79. Before him are Gabriel Tarde, Manuel Castells, Seymour Martin Lipset, Pitirim Sorokin, Alain Touraine, and C. Wright Mills. After him are Robert Michels, Peter L. Berger, Saskia Sassen, Ziya Gökalp, Robert N. Bellah, and Daniel Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 64. Before him are Pier Giorgio Frassati, Manly P. Hall, Mildred Harris, Stefan Wyszyński, Rudolf Slánský, and Erhard Heiden. After him are Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Raimundo Orsi, Tage Erlander, Alice Prin, Itzhak Stern, and Charles Brenton Huggins. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 47. Before him are Andrei Grechko, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Josef Albers, Dalton Trumbo, George Ostrogorsky, and Murtala Mohammed. After him are Mukesh, Yukio Goto, Lin Yutang, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Eileen Gray, and Carlo Gambino.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 282 out of 1,424. Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Walter Nowotny (1920), Hans Hollein (1934), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Koloman Moser (1868), and Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921). After him are Michael Hainisch (1858), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among sociologists born in Austria, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 1. After him are Peter L. Berger (1929), and Peter Blau (1918).

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