Robert K. Merton

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academic author human sociologist

Robert K. Merton was a prominent American sociologist known for his theories of social structure and anomie, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, and major contributions to the sociology of science.

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Robert K. Merton canonical 10
Robert King Merton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
awardReceived MacIver Award ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Parsons Prize ⓘ
child Robert C. Merton ⓘ
coinedTerm Matthew effect ⓘ
focus group ⓘ
self-fulfilling prophecy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-07-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2003-02-23 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Pitirim Sorokin ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Temple University ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
Tulane University ⓘ
familyName Merton ⓘ
fieldOfWork criminology ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
sociology of science ⓘ
fullName Robert K. Merton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert King Merton
givenName Robert ⓘ
influenced Robert C. Merton ⓘ
sociology of science as a discipline ⓘ
influencedBy Max Weber ⓘ
Pitirim Sorokin ⓘ
Émile Durkheim ⓘ
knownFor Matthew effect in science ⓘ
Mertonian norms of science ⓘ
concept of self-fulfilling prophecy ⓘ
middle-range theory ⓘ
reference group theory ⓘ
role-set theory ⓘ
strain theory of deviance ⓘ
theory of social structure and anomie ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Sociological Association ⓘ
middleName King ⓘ
notableWork On Theoretical Sociology ⓘ
Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England ⓘ
Social Theory and Social Structure ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld president of the American Sociological Association ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Harriet Zuckerman ⓘ
Suzanne Carhart Merton ⓘ
theorized anomie as a result of social structure ⓘ
manifest and latent functions ⓘ
normative structure of science ⓘ
self-fulfilling prophecy ⓘ
unintended consequences of purposive social action ⓘ

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Talcott Parsons → influenced → Robert K. Merton ⓘ
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