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James Samuel Coleman

1926 - 1995

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James Samuel Coleman (May 12, 1926 – March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, theorist, and empirical researcher, based chiefly at the University of Chicago. He served as president of the American Sociological Association in 1991–1992. He studied the sociology of education and public policy, and was one of the earliest users of the term social capital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Samuel Coleman has received more than 286,437 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Samuel Coleman is the 43rd most popular sociologist (up from 48th in 2019), the 3,478th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,790th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, James Samuel Coleman ranks 43 out of 79. Before him are Amitai Etzioni, Charles Tilly, Mark Granovetter, David Riesman, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Shmuel Eisenstadt. After him are Juan José Linz, Nils Christie, Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, George C. Homans, and Lewis A. Coser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, James Samuel Coleman ranks 178. Before him are Sonja Ziemann, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Lou Ottens, Dennis W. Sciama, Mark Taimanov, and Big Mama Thornton. After him are Shigeru Kayano, Alfred Pfaff, Mickey Hargitay, Frank Finlay, Johanna Quandt, and Wolfgang Iser. Among people deceased in 1995, James Samuel Coleman ranks 120. Before him are Vladimír Dzurilla, Viktoria Brezhneva, Albert W. Tucker, Alberto Burri, Edith Pargeter, and Józef Maria Bocheński. After him are James Herriot, Jerry Garcia, Abdul Ali Mazari, Dmitri Shepilov, Heinrich Sutermeister, and Giancarlo Baghetti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Samuel Coleman ranks 3,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Big Mama Thornton (1926), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Gore Verbinski (1964), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), David O. Russell (1958), and Jim Davis (1909). After him are E. C. Segar (1894), Eddie Vedder (1964), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Jonathan Groff (1985), Vinnie Vincent (1952), and Bonnie Hunt (1961).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, James Samuel Coleman ranks 15. Before him are W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Charles Tilly (1929), Mark Granovetter (1943), David Riesman (1909), and Seymour Martin Lipset (1922). After him are Edwin Sutherland (1883), Randall Collins (1941), George C. Homans (1910), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Erik Olin Wright (1947), and Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947).

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