SOCIOLOGIST

John Urry

1946 - 2016

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John Richard Urry (; 1 June 1946, London – 18 March 2016, Lancaster) was a British sociologist who served as a professor at Lancaster University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Urry has received more than 6,927 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Urry is the 73rd most popular sociologist, the 4,534th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 7th most popular British Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, John Urry ranks 73 out of 79Before him are Louis Wirth, Boris Kagarlitsky, Anthony D. Smith, Göran Therborn, Margaret Archer, and Theda Skocpol. After him are Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Ralph Miliband, Loïc Wacquant, Rodney Stark, Grażyna Gęsicka, and John Bellamy Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Urry ranks 625Before him are Andy Mackay, Loleatta Holloway, Shahrnush Parsipur, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Marina Lewycka, and Pearlette Louisy. After him are Eduard Krieger, Dave Hill, Naomi Judd, Frank Kabui, Zeca, and Shujaat Hussain. Among people deceased in 2016, John Urry ranks 445Before him are Bobby Hutcherson, Guillaume Bieganski, Denton Cooley, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Francisco Flores Pérez, and Jean-Marie Doré. After him are Kazimierz Barburski, Tammy Grimes, Armando Tobar, Hanoi Hannah, Ion Panțuru, and Luděk Macela.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Urry ranks 4,534 out of 8,785Before him are Aneurin Bevan (1897), Al Pease (1921), Michael Foot (1913), Henry Sweet (1845), Tony Rolt (1918), and Scott Speedman (1975). After him are John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Robert Service (1947), Cathleen Nesbitt (1888), Ken Armstrong (1924), and Binnie Barnes (1903).

Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, John Urry ranks 7Before him are Anthony Giddens (1938), Basil Bernstein (1924), T. H. Marshall (1893), Michael Mann (1942), Anthony D. Smith (1939), and Margaret Archer (1943).