Robert King Merton

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Temple_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:John_Desmond_Bernal_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1910-07-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_C._Merton
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Pitirim_Sorokin
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Tulane_University
gptkbp:field sociology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert King Merton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Talcott_Parsons
gptkb:James_S._Coleman
gptkb:Peter_Blau
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gptkb:Emile_Durkheim
gptkb:Pitirim_Sorokin
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Matthew_effect
middle-range theory
reference group theory
role theory
self-fulfilling prophecy
strain theory
unintended consequences
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Mass_Persuasion
gptkb:On_the_Shoulders_of_Giants
gptkb:Science,_Technology_and_Society_in_Seventeenth_Century_England
gptkb:Social_Theory_and_Social_Structure
gptkb:The_Sociology_of_Science
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:researchers
author
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Meyer_Robert_Schkolnick
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery,_Bronx
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Harriet_Zuckerman
gptkb:Suzanne_Carhart
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