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Peter Blau

1918 - 2002

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Peter Michael Blau (February 7, 1918 – March 12, 2002) was an American sociologist and theorist. Born in Vienna, Austria, he immigrated to the United States in 1939. He completed his PhD doctoral thesis with Robert K. Merton at Columbia University in 1952, laying an early theory for the dynamics of bureaucracy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Blau has received more than 178,904 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Blau is the 61st most popular sociologist, the 812th most popular biography from Austria and the 3rd most popular Austrian Sociologist.

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  • 49.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Peter Blau ranks 61 out of 79. Before him are Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Raewyn Connell, Erik Olin Wright, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Claus Offe, and George Ritzer. After him are Michael Mann, Henri Hubert, Robert Nisbet, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Maksim Kovalevsky, and Louis Wirth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Peter Blau ranks 198. Before him are Gisela Arendt, Abdallah Ibrahim, Frane Matošić, Vladimir Dudintsev, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, and John Bromwich. After him are San Yu, Edward Van Dijck, Russell Kirk, Said Mohamed Djohar, Charu Majumdar, and Georges Berger. Among people deceased in 2002, Peter Blau ranks 193. Before him are Luise Rinser, Tita Merello, Lou Thesz, Kristen Nygaard, Desmond Hoyte, and Ramiro de León Carpio. After him are John Agar, Lonnie Donegan, Sanya Dharmasakti, Reginald Rose, Grote Reber, and Jean Dockx.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Peter Blau ranks 812 out of 1,424. Before him are Matthias Braun (1684), Parov Stelar (1974), Hans Rosbaud (1895), Otto Kaiser (1901), Ava (1060), and Hans Moser (1880). After him are Rodolphe Hiden (1909), Kurt Jara (1950), Elise Richter (1865), Johann Nepomuk David (1895), Christian Kern (1966), and Mick Blue (1976).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among sociologists born in Austria, Peter Blau ranks 3. Before him are Peter L. Berger (1929), and Paul Lazarsfeld (1901).

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