| Robert K. Merton  AKA Meyer Robert Schkolnick
Born: 4-Jul-1910
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 23-Feb-2003
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Sociologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: On the Shoulders of Giants Wife: Suzanne Carhart (div. 1968, two sons, two daughters)
Son: Robert C. Merton (economist, Nobel laureate)
Wife: Harriet Zuckerman (sociologist, m. 1993, until his death)
University: PhD, Harvard University (1936)
Professor: Tulane University (1939-41)
Professor: Columbia University (1941-84)
National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Education
American Sociological Association President (1957)
National Medal of Science 1994
Guggenheim Fellowship 1962
MacArthur Fellowship 1983-88
Author of books:
Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England (1938)
Mass Persuasion (1946)
Social Theory and Social Structure (1949)
On the Shoulders of Giants (1965)
On Theoretical Sociology (1967)
Social Theory and Functional Analysis (1969)
The Sociology of Science (1973)
Social Ambivalence and Other Essays (1976)
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