ECONOMIST

Charles Cooley

1864 - 1929

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Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929) was an American sociologist. He was the son of Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas M. Cooley. He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Cooley has received more than 446,161 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Cooley is the 88th most popular economist (down from 77th in 2019), the 1,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 982nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Economist.

Cooley was most famous for his theory of the looking-glass self. He believed that people develop their sense of self by observing others and reflecting on their own thoughts and feelings.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Charles Cooley ranks 88 out of 414. Before him are Franz Oppenheimer, Richard Thaler, Edmund Phelps, Lawrence Klein, James M. Buchanan, and Alfred Weber. After him are William Vickrey, Robert Reich, Robert Lucas Jr., Claudia Goldin, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and George Akerlof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Charles Cooley ranks 30. Before him are Branislav Nušić, Yun Chi-ho, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Nellie Bly, Johan Halvorsen, and Franz Oppenheimer. After him are Paul Sérusier, Nicholas Marr, Li Yuanhong, Andrej Hlinka, Ethel Voynich, and Draga Mašin. Among people deceased in 1929, Charles Cooley ranks 23. Before him are Maria Christina of Austria, Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, Antoine Bourdelle, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Franz Rosenzweig, Habibullāh Kalakāni, Arthur Scherbius, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Prince Henry of Prussia, and Thomas Burke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Cooley ranks 1,139 out of 20,380. Before him are Will Durant (1885), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Richard Matheson (1926), Gordon Parks (1912), James Cagney (1899), and William Styron (1925). After him are George H. Hitchings (1905), Jean Webster (1876), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Edith Wharton (1862), and Shelley Winters (1920).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Charles Cooley ranks 25. Before him are James Tobin (1918), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Richard Thaler (1945), Edmund Phelps (1933), Lawrence Klein (1920), and James M. Buchanan (1919). After him are Robert Reich (1946), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Claudia Goldin (1946), George Akerlof (1940), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), and Douglas McGregor (1906).

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