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Edwin Sutherland

1883 - 1950

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Edwin Hardin Sutherland (August 13, 1883 – October 11, 1950) was an American sociologist. He is considered one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century. He was a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and is best known for defining white-collar crime and differential association, a general theory of crime and delinquency. Sutherland earned his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Sutherland has received more than 307,660 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edwin Sutherland is the 36th most popular sociologist (up from 37th in 2019), the 2,662nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,669th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Edwin Sutherland ranks 36 out of 54. Before him are Harold Garfinkel, Saskia Sassen, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Amitai Etzioni, and Herbert Blumer. After him are Charles Tilly, David Riesman, Mark Granovetter, Juan José Linz, Howard S. Becker, and Shmuel Eisenstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Edwin Sutherland ranks 89. Before him are Edgard Varèse, Dmitry Manuilsky, Sam Wood, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Katia Mann, and Bertram Ramsay. After him are Isaak Brodsky, Louis Massignon, Joseph Stilwell, Leonid Kulik, José Mendes Cabeçadas, and Umberto Saba. Among people deceased in 1950, Edwin Sutherland ranks 66. Before him are Walter Huston, Henry H. Arnold, Yvan Goll, Kim Kyu-sik, Olaf Stapledon, and Traian Vuia. After him are Hantaro Nagaoka, Walter Eucken, Walton Walker, Abraham Wald, Kazys Grinius, and Ulrich Graf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Sutherland ranks 2,662 out of 18,182. Before him are Lew Wallace (1827), Daniel Davis (1945), Baruch Goldstein (1956), David Farragut (1801), Keith Carradine (1949), and John Connally (1917). After him are John C. Calhoun (1782), Annie Proulx (1935), Richard Beymer (1938), John W. Campbell (1910), Dan Flavin (1933), and Joseph E. Johnston (1807).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Edwin Sutherland ranks 10. Before him are C. Wright Mills (1916), Daniel Bell (1919), Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Harold Garfinkel (1917), and Herbert Blumer (1900). After him are Charles Tilly (1929), David Riesman (1909), Mark Granovetter (1943), Howard S. Becker (1928), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), and James Samuel Coleman (1926).

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