SOCIOLOGIST

Lewis A. Coser

1913 - 2003

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Lewis Alfred Coser (27 November 1913 in Berlin – 8 July 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-American sociologist, serving as the 66th president of the American Sociological Association in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis A. Coser has received more than 180,741 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis A. Coser is the 49th most popular sociologist (up from 50th in 2019), the 3,431st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,122nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

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  • 52.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lewis A. Cosers by language

Over the past year Lewis A. Coser has had the most page views in the with 17,958 views, followed by Russian (5,470), and Spanish (4,969). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (64.42%), Egyptian Arabic (37.58%), and Czech (12.15%)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Lewis A. Coser ranks 49 out of 79. Before him are James Samuel Coleman, Juan José Linz, Nils Christie, Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, and George C. Homans. After him are Marcel Granet, Basil Bernstein, Ernest Burgess, T. H. Marshall, Robert N. Bellah, and Gøsta Esping-Andersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Lewis A. Coser ranks 163. Before him are Maria Tănase, John Garfield, Samuel Eilenberg, Gisela Mauermayer, Renato Castellani, and Eugene Odum. After him are Salvador Espriu, John Kitzmiller, Reinhard Hardegen, Sonja Wigert, Sourou-Migan Apithy, and Friedrich Dickel. Among people deceased in 2003, Lewis A. Coser ranks 161. Before him are Noel Redding, Christopher Hill, Hans Hotter, Sadegh Khalkhali, Jorge Oteiza, and Bigode. After him are Hans Hermann Groër, Augusto Monterroso, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Selahattin Ülkümen, Jean Yanne, and Benny Carter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lewis A. Coser ranks 3,431 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804), Andreas von Ettingshausen (1796), Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Walter Hohmann (1880), and Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891). After him are Albert O. Hirschman (1915), Prince William of Baden (1829), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Thomas Doll (1966), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), and Karl von Einem (1853).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Lewis A. Coser ranks 9. Before him are Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), and Juan José Linz (1926). After him are Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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