Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Robert K. Merton across 6 places, from 1910 to 2003.
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Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert K. Merton was documented, and when
4 July 1910exact date
Philadelphiaattested“Robert King Merton was born on July 4, 1910, in Philadelphia as Meyer Robert Schkolnick into a family of Yiddish-speaking Russian Jews who had immigrated to the United States in 1904.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
4 July 1910exact date
United Statesattested“Robert King Merton was born on July 4, 1910, in Philadelphia as Meyer Robert Schkolnick into a family of Yiddish-speaking Russian Jews who had immigrated to the United States in 1904.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1938year
Tulane Universityattested“Merton taught at Harvard until 1938, when he became professor and chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1938year
Harvard Universityattested“Merton taught at Harvard until 1938, when he became professor and chairman of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1997year
Pace University School of Lawattested“Merton, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in economics, and two daughters, Stephanie Merton Tombrello and Vanessa Merton, professor of law at Pace University School of Law.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
23 February 2003exact date
Manhattanattested“After years of failing health, and battling six forms of cancer, Merton died in Manhattan on 23 February 2003, aged 92.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
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1927 to 1931period
Philadelphiamentioned“Simpson at Philadelphia's Temple University (1927–1931).”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1931 to 1936period
Harvard Universitymentioned“Merton applied to Harvard and worked from 1931 to 1936 as a research assistant to Sorokin.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1936year
Harvard Universitymentioned“In 1936 he graduated from Harvard, having obtained an MA and PhD in sociology.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1941year
Columbia Universitymentioned“Upon moving to Columbia in 1941, Merton joined Paul Lazarsfeld, who was introducing quantitative methods into empirical research in sociology.”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
1994year
South Philadelphiamentioned“In 1994, Merton stated that growing up in South Philadelphia provided young people with "every sort of capital—social capital, cultural capital, human capital, and, above all, what we may call public capital—that is, with every sort of c…”source: Wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
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