Robert K. Merton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_K._Merton

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gptkbp:birthDate	1910-07-04
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:Meyer_Robert_Schkolnick
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Robert_C._Merton
gptkbp:deathDate	2003-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Pitirim_Sorokin
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:field	sociology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Robert K. Merton
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:philosophy gptkb:Robert_C._Merton criminology sociology of science structural functionalism
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gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:professor gptkb:researchers gptkb:writer
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:signature	Robert K. Merton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Harriet_Zuckerman gptkb:Suzanne_Carhart
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