Talcott Parsons
1902 to 1979
16 documented presences
14 places
Quo Fuit places 16 dated presences for Talcott Parsons across 14 places, from 1902 to 1979. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Talcott Parsons (December 13, 1902 – May 8, 1979) was an American sociologist of the classical tradition, best known for his social action theory and structural functionalism.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Talcott Parsons was documented, and when
13 December 1902exact date
Colorado Springs, Coloradoattested
“Parsons was born on December 13, 1902, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Edward Smith Parsons and Mary Augusta Ingersoll.”
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13 December 1902exact date
Coloradoattested
“Parsons was born on December 13, 1902, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Edward Smith Parsons and Mary Augusta Ingersoll.”
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1924year
Amherst Collegeattested
“As an undergraduate, Parsons studied biology and philosophy at Amherst College and received his BA in 1924.”
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1931year
University of Tokyoattested
“Tominaga, born in 1931, a leading figure in Japanese sociology and a professor at the University of Tokyo, was asked by Lidz to contribute to a two-volume collection of essays to honor Parsons.”
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1939 to 1940period
Harvardattested
“In the academic year of 1939–1940 Parsons and Schumpeter conducted an informal faculty seminar at Harvard, which discussed the concept of rationality.”
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1942year
New Yorkattested
“The group arose out of a strong desire to understand the country, but, as Levy frankly admitted, "Reischauer was the only one who knew anything about Japan." Parsons, however, was eager to learn more about it and was "concerned with gene…”
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1955 to 1956period
Bostonattested
“In the academic year of 1955–1956, he taught a seminar at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute entitled "Sociology and Psychoanalysis".”
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1957 to 1958period
Palo Alto, Californiaattested
“Parsons spent 1957 to 1958 at the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, California, where he met for the first time Kenneth Burke; Burke's flamboyant, explosive temperament made a great impression on Parsons,…”
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1963year
Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)attested
“Neal received her PhD from Harvard under Parsons's supervision in 1963, and she would eventually become professor and then chair of sociology at Emmanuel College.”
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1963year
Harvardattested
“Neal received her PhD from Harvard under Parsons's supervision in 1963, and she would eventually become professor and then chair of sociology at Emmanuel College.”
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1964year
Heidelbergattested
“In 1964, Parsons flew to Heidelberg to celebrate the 100th birthday of Weber and discuss Weber's work with Habermas, Herbert Marcuse, and others.”
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1973 to 1974period
Brown Universityattested
“Martel arranged a series of seminars at Brown University in 1973 to 1974, and Parsons spoke about his life and work and answered questions from students and faculty.”
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1977 to 1979period
Japanattested
“In 1977, Washio Kurata, the new dean of the Faculty of Sociology of Kwansei Gakuin University, wrote to Parsons and invited him to visit Japan during the 1978–1979 academic year.”
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8 May 1979exact date
Munichattested
“Parsons died May 8, 1979, in Munich on a trip to Germany, where he was celebrating the 50th anniversary of his degree at Heidelberg.”
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8 May 1979exact date
8 May 1979exact date
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Places Talcott Parsons is documented in
Harvard2 presences · 1939 to 1963Heidelberg2 presences · 1964 to 1979Boston1 presence · 1955Colorado1 presence · 1902Germany1 presence · 1979Japan1 presence · 1977Munich1 presence · 1979New York1 presence · 1942Palo Alto, California1 presence · 1957University of Tokyo1 presence · 1931
Amherst College1 presence · 1924
Brown University1 presence · 1973
Other places tied to Talcott Parsons in the record
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1926 to 1927period
Harvard Universitymentioned
“In 1927, after a year of teaching at Amherst (1926–1927), Parsons entered Harvard University, as an instructor in the Economics Department, where he followed F.”
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1927year
Heidelberg Universitymentioned
“In June, Parsons went on to the Heidelberg University, where he received his PhD in sociology and economics in 1927.”
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1927year
Heidelbergmentioned
“In June, Parsons went on to the Heidelberg University, where he received his PhD in sociology and economics in 1927.”
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1930year
Weimar Germanymentioned
“Parsons returned to Germany in the summer of 1930 and became an eyewitness to the feverish atmosphere in Weimar Germany during which the Nazi Party rose to power.”
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1932year
Alstead, New Hampshirementioned
“In 1932, Parsons bought a farmhouse near the small town of Acworth, but Parsons often, in his writing, referred to it as "the farmhouse in Alstead".”
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1934year
Harvardmentioned
“Sorokin also tended to belittle all sociology tendencies that differed from his own writings, and by 1934 was quite unpopular at Harvard.”
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1938year
Harvardmentioned
“Parsons had probably met Voegelin in 1938 and 1939, when Voegelin held a temporary instructor appointment at Harvard.”
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1939year
Viennamentioned
“Schütz was born in Vienna but moved to the US in 1939, and for years, he worked on the project of developing a phenomenological sociology, primarily based on an attempt to find some point between Husserl's method and Weber's sociology.”
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1940year
Harvardmentioned
“Parsons met Alfred Schütz during the rationality seminar, which he conducted together with Schumpeter, at Harvard in the spring of 1940.”
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1941year
Harvardmentioned
“In the spring of 1941, a discussion group on Japan began to meet at Harvard.”
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1943 to 1944period
Bostonmentioned
“This study was a reaction to an upsurge of anti-Semitism in the Boston area, which began in late 1943 and continued into 1944.”
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February 1943month
Germanymentioned
“In February 1943, Parsons became the deputy director of the Harvard School of Overseas Administration, which educated administrators to "run" the occupied territories in Germany and the Pacific Ocean.”
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1944year
Harvard Universitymentioned
“Parsons' situation at Harvard University changed significantly in early 1944, when he received a good offer from Northwestern University.”
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1944year
Northwestern Universitymentioned
“Parsons' situation at Harvard University changed significantly in early 1944, when he received a good offer from Northwestern University.”
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1946 to 1953period
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1949 to 1953period
March 1953month
1960year
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1960year
Documented at the same place, the same year
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