Robert K. Merton

Affiliations: 
1931-1936 Sociology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States 
 1941-1984 Sociology Columbia University, New York, NY 
Area:
Social theory, deviance, sociology of science
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Pitirim Sorokin research assistant 1931-1938 Harvard
Lawrence Joseph Henderson grad student 1936 Harvard (Physiology Academic Tree)
 (Dissertation committee member)
Talcott Parsons grad student 1936 Harvard (SocTree)
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George Sarton grad student 1936 Harvard (History of History Tree)
 (Dissertation committee member)

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Barney Glaser grad student Columbia (SocTree)
Philip Selznick grad student 1947 Columbia (SocTree)
Seymour Martin Lipset grad student 1949 Columbia (PoliSci Tree)
Dwaine Marvick grad student 1950 Columbia (PoliSci Tree)
Peter H Rossi grad student 1951 Columbia (SocTree)
Peter M. Blau grad student 1952 Columbia (SocTree)
Lewis A. Coser grad student 1954 Columbia (SocTree)
Alvin Ward Gouldner grad student 1954 Columbia (SocTree)
James Samuel Coleman grad student 1955 Columbia (SocTree)
Dennis H. Wrong grad student 1956 Columbia (SocTree)
Terence K Hopkins grad student 1959 Columbia (SocTree)
Nathan Glazer grad student 1962 Columbia (SocTree)
Harriet A. Zuckerman grad student 1965 Columbia (SocTree)
William J. Bowers grad student 1964-1966 Columbia (SocTree)
Terry N. Clark grad student 1967 Columbia (SocTree)
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein grad student 1968 Columbia (SocTree)
Jonathan R. Cole grad student 1969 Columbia (SocTree)
Viviana A. Zelizer grad student 1977 Columbia (SocTree)
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Merton RK, Wolfe A. (1995) The cultural and social incorporation of sociological knowledge The American Sociologist. 26: 15-39
Merton RK. (1994) Durkheim's division of labor in society Sociological Forum. 9: 17-25
Polsby NW, Sills DL, Merton RK. (1992) Social Science Quotations, Volume 19 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Political Science Quarterly. 107: 355
Wilson EK, Sills DL, Merton RK. (1991) International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Vol. 19: Social Science Quotations. Contemporary Sociology. 20: 642
Sorenson AB, Clark J, Modgil C, et al. (1991) Science, Religion, and Boundary Maintenance@@@Robert K. Merton: Consensus and Controversy.@@@Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis.@@@"After Merton": Protestant and Catholic Science in Seventeenth-Century Europe.@@@The Focused Interview: A Manual of Procedures.@@@L'Opera di R. K. Merton e la Sociologia Contemporanea. Contemporary Sociology. 20: 510
Tiryakian EA, Clark J, Modgil C, et al. (1991) Evaluating the Standard: An Introduction to Sociological Metrology@@@Robert K. Merton: Consensus and Controversy.@@@Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis.@@@"After Merton": Protestant and Catholic Science in Seventeenth-Century Europe.@@@The Focused Interview: A Manual of Procedures.@@@L'Opera di R. K. Merton e la Sociologia Contemporanea. Contemporary Sociology. 20: 506
Merton RK. (1988) The Matthew Effect in Science, II: Cumulative Advantage and the Symbolism of Intellectual Property Isis. 79: 606-623
Merton RK. (1987) Three Fragments From a Sociologist's Notebooks: Establishing the Phenomenon, Specified Ignorance, and Strategic Research Materials Review of Sociology. 13: 1-28
Merton RK. (1987) The focussed interview and focus groups continuities and discontinuities Public Opinion Quarterly. 51: 550-566
Merton RK, Sills DL, Stigler SM. (1984) The Kelvin dictum and social science: an excursion into the history of an idea Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 20: 319-331
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