SOCIOLOGIST

Ernest Burgess

1886 - 1966

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Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was a Canadian-American urban sociologist who was professor at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Burgess has received more than 182,375 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ernest Burgess is the 52nd most popular sociologist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Canada (down from 217th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Sociologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Ernest Burgess ranks 52 out of 79. Before him are Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, George C. Homans, Lewis A. Coser, Marcel Granet, and Basil Bernstein. After him are T. H. Marshall, Robert N. Bellah, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Raewyn Connell, Erik Olin Wright, and Jeffrey C. Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ernest Burgess ranks 173. Before him are Rudolf Belling, Ion Gigurtu, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, H.D., Kálmán Darányi, and Hiratsuka Raichō. After him are Grigory Neujmin, Othmar Schoeck, Aloïse Corbaz, Siegfried Sassoon, Felix Timmermans, and Franz Josef Popp. Among people deceased in 1966, Ernest Burgess ranks 119. Before him are Julie Manet, Joseph A. Walker, Albrecht Brandi, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Sylvère Maes. After him are Courtney Hodges, Jan Kiepura, Jan Brzechwa, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Pierre Montet, and Erich Pommer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ernest Burgess ranks 219 out of 1,622. Before him are Sandra Oh (1971), John T. Dunlap (1957), Phil Hartman (1948), Terry Fox (1958), Louis Nirenberg (1925), and Jon Vickers (1926). After him are Marc Singer (1948), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Bobby Hull (1939), David Card (1956), Josephine Crowell (1859), and Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among sociologists born in Canada, Ernest Burgess ranks 2. Before him are Erving Goffman (1922).

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