| LC control no. | n 50049771 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lenski, Gerhard, 1924-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Lenski, Gerhard Emmanuel, 1924- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1924-08-13 |
| Death date | 2015-12-07 |
| Place of birth | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Sociology |
| Affiliation | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Michigan |
| Profession or occupation | Sociologists College teachers |
| Found in | American social classes: statistical strata or social groups,1952: title page (Gerhard E. Lenski) The religious factor: a sociological study of religion's impact on politics, economics, and family life, 1963: title page (Gerhard Lenski) opposite title page (Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, a co-author of Principle of Sociology and a contributor to numerous professional journals; he received his doctorate from Yale University in 1950) Power and privilege: a theory of social stratification, 1966: title page (Gerhard E. Lenski, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina) Human societies: an introduction to macrosociology, c1991: title page (Gerhard Lenski) Ecological-Evolutionary theory: principles and applications, c2005: title page (Gerhard Lenski) page 4 of cover (Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the author of Power and Privilege, The Religious Factor, and co-author (with Patrick Nolan) of Human Societies, 10th Edition; he is a recent recipient of the ASA Distinguished Career Award) Contemporary Authors, via WWW, February 13, 2013 (Gerhard Emmanuel Lenski, Jr.; born August 13, 1924 in Washington, DC; son of Gerhard Emmanuel and Christine (Umhau) Lenski; B.A., Yale University, 1947; Ph. D., Yale University, 1950; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, began as instructor, became professor, 1950-1963; University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, professor of sociology and research professor in Institute for Research in Social Science, 1963-1973; alumni distinguished professor, 1973-1992; professor emeritus, 1992-) Wikipedia, via WWW, February 13, 2013 (Gerhard Lenski; Gerhard Emmanuel Lenski; born August 13, 1924 in Washington, DC; American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and ecological-evolutionary theory; he served as a cryptographer with the 8th Air Force in England in World War II, attended Yale University where he received a B.A. degree in 1947 and Ph. D. in 1950; he is now Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he once served as chair of the Department of Sociology, 1969-1972, and chair of the Division of Social Sciences, 1976-1978) Carolina alumni review, July/Aug. 2016: page 60 (Gerhard Lenski; died Dec. 7, 2015; professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Associated language | eng |
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