| LC control no. | n 79056717 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- Becker, Howard Saul, 1928- |
| Other standard no. | 0000000121272724 |
| Located | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1928-04-18 |
| Death date | 2023-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Sociology--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago Stanford University University of Manchester Museu Nacional (Brazil) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) University of Washington |
| Profession or occupation | Sociologists Authors College teachers Sociology teachers Visiting teachers College teachers, Part-time |
| Found in | Boys in white, 1961: t.p. (Howard S. Becker) Art worlds, c1981: t.p. (Howard S. Becker) Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, September 21, 2016: Howard S. Becker page (Howard S. Becker; Howard Saul Becker; born April 18, 1928 in Chicago; American sociologist who has made major contributions to ths sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music; also has written extensively on sociological writing styles and methodologies) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_S._Becker> Wikipedia, October 23, 2018: (Howard S. Becker; received his undergraduate degree in sociology at the University of Chicago in 1946; M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago; awarded a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Illinois from 1953-1955; research associate at Stanford University's Institute for the Study of Human Problems; instructor in sociology and social sciences at the University of Chicago; In 1965, Becker became a professor of sociology at Northwestern University, where he taught until 1991. During his career at Northwestern, Becker also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Manchester and as a visiting scholar at the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro. In 1991, Becker became a professor of sociology and, in 1996, an adjunct professor of music, at the University of Washington until he retired in 1999; currently resides in San Francisco, CA) The chronicle of higher education, Sept. 15, 2023: page 55 (Howard S. Becker; died Aug. 16, 2023; former professor of sociology at the University of Washington) |
| Associated language | eng |
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