SOCIOLOGIST

Robert E. Park

1864 - 1944

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Robert Ezra Park (February 14, 1864 – February 7, 1944) was an American urban sociologist who is considered to be one of the most influential figures in early U.S. sociology. Park was a pioneer in the field of sociology, changing it from a passive philosophical discipline to an active discipline rooted in the study of human behavior. He made significant contributions to the study of urban communities, race relations and the development of empirically grounded research methods, most notably participant observation in the field of criminology. From 1905 to 1914, Park worked with Booker T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert E. Park has received more than 319,410 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert E. Park is the 28th most popular sociologist (down from 27th in 2019), the 1,944th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,700th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Sociologist.

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  • 320k

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  • 58.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Robert E. Park has had the most page views in the with 32,893 views, followed by Spanish (5,381), and Portuguese (5,074). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swahili (141.18%), Catalan (81.13%), and Basque (38.44%)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Robert E. Park ranks 28 out of 79. Before him are C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels, Thomas Luckmann, Daniel Bell, Ziya Gökalp, and Saskia Sassen. After him are Howard S. Becker, Stuart Hall, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Harold Garfinkel, and W. I. Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Robert E. Park ranks 50. Before him are Séraphine Louis, Alfred Stieglitz, Tanaka Giichi, Auguste Charlois, Roman Dmowski, and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. After him are Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Peter Deunov, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Anagarika Dharmapala, Henri de Régnier, and Arthur Zimmermann. Among people deceased in 1944, Robert E. Park ranks 91. Before him are Bernardino Machado, Sergei Bulgakov, Harold Lowe, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Felix Nussbaum, and Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff. After him are Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Peter Deunov, Manuel L. Quezon, Aliya Moldagulova, Hannah Szenes, and Agustín Barrios.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert E. Park ranks 1,944 out of 20,380. Before him are Wilbur Scoville (1865), Martha Stewart (1941), Avery Brundage (1887), Sequoyah (1770), Lee Majors (1939), and Carl Andre (1935). After him are Donna Karan (1948), Robert Fogel (1926), Billy Dee Williams (1937), Dean Koontz (1945), Langston Hughes (1902), and Bo Diddley (1928).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Robert E. Park ranks 6. Before him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), C. Wright Mills (1916), and Daniel Bell (1919). After him are Howard S. Becker (1928), Harold Garfinkel (1917), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Charles Tilly (1929), and Mark Granovetter (1943).

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