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Robert K. Merton

1910 - 2003

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Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. He served as the 47th president of the American Sociological Association. He spent most of his career teaching at Columbia University, where he attained the rank of University Professor. In 1994 he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to the field and for having founded the sociology of science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert K. Merton is the 6th most popular sociologist (down from 5th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from United States (down from 179th in 2019) and the most popular American Sociologist. Learn more about Robert K. Merton's academic impact at Rankless.

Robert K. Merton is most famous for his theory of social structure and anomie.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Robert K. Merton ranks 6 out of 79. Before him are Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor W. Adorno, and Anthony Giddens. After him are Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, and Ulrich Beck.

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Among people born in 1910, Robert K. Merton ranks 7. Before him are Mother Teresa, Akira Kurosawa, Giuseppe Meazza, Jacques Cousteau, Ingrid of Sweden, and Ramaswamy Venkataraman. After him are Archer Martin, Lee Byung-chul, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Gloria Stuart, and Irena Sendler. Among people deceased in 2003, Robert K. Merton ranks 11. Before him are Heydar Aliyev, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash, Gregory Peck, Alija Izetbegović, and Barry White. After him are Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, Nǃxau ǂToma, Zoran Đinđić, and Edward Said.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert K. Merton ranks 269 out of 20,380. Before him are John Quincy Adams (1767), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Dale Carnegie (1888), O. J. Simpson (1947), Kanye West (1977), and Diane Keaton (1946). After him are Margaret Sanger (1879), Beyoncé (1981), Peter Falk (1927), Gary Cooper (1901), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), and Barbra Streisand (1942).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Robert K. Merton ranks 1. After him are Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), C. Wright Mills (1916), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Daniel Bell (1919), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), and Howard S. Becker (1928).

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