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Daniel Bell

1919 - 2011

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Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Bell has received more than 393,135 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Daniel Bell is the 25th most popular sociologist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,480th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,071st in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Sociologist.

Daniel Bell is most famous for his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, in which he argues that the post-industrial society will be a society of knowledge workers.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Daniel Bell ranks 25 out of 79. Before him are Alain Touraine, Peter L. Berger, Paul Lazarsfeld, C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels, and Thomas Luckmann. After him are Ziya Gökalp, Saskia Sassen, Robert E. Park, Howard S. Becker, Stuart Hall, and Ludwig Gumplowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Daniel Bell ranks 53. Before him are Siad Barre, Donald J. Cram, Chavela Vargas, Martin Balsam, William Lipscomb, and Joseph Murray. After him are Mohamed Boudiaf, Ashraf Pahlavi, Hermine Braunsteiner, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Art Blakey, and Valentino Mazzola. Among people deceased in 2011, Daniel Bell ranks 64. Before him are William Lipscomb, Madame Nhu, Dev Anand, Roberts Blossom, Bubba Smith, and Walter Bonatti. After him are Richard Hamilton, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Cliff Robertson, Itamar Franco, Yelena Bonner, and Johannes Heesters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 1,480 out of 20,380. Before him are David Gross (1941), Barry Levinson (1942), Tom Ford (1961), Irving Stone (1903), Margaret Hamilton (1936), and Bob Ross (1942). After him are George Clinton (1739), Michael Madsen (1957), Larry Flynt (1942), Clive Cussler (1931), Red Cloud (1822), and Michael Rooker (1955).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 5. Before him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), and C. Wright Mills (1916). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), Howard S. Becker (1928), Harold Garfinkel (1917), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Charles Tilly (1929), and Mark Granovetter (1943).

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