Robert Merton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_Merton

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gptkbp:awards	gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birthDate	1910-07-04
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_USA
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gptkbp:deathDate	2003-02-23
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gptkbp:ethnicity	Jewish American
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Robert Merton
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