The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979

LC control no.n 80015395
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingParsons, Talcott, 1902-1979
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Parsŭnz, Tolkŭt, 1902-1979
Parsons, Tolkott, 1902-1979
Pāsonzu, Tarukotto, 1902-1979
Birth date1902-12-13
Death date1979-05-08
Place of birthColorado Springs (Colo.)
Place of deathMunich (Germany)
Field of activitySociology Economics
Profession or occupationSociologists College teachers Authors
Found inWeber, M. The Protestant ethic ... 1930.
Bourricaud, F. The sociology of Talcott Parsons, 1981: t.p. (Talcott Parsons) CIP author info. (death, spring 1979)
Genov, N. Tolkŭt Parsŭnz i teoretichnata sot︠s︡iologii︠a︡, 1982: t.p. (Tolkŭt Parsŭnz) page facing t.p. (Tolkott Parsons)
His The early essays, 1991: CIP t.p. (Talcott Parsons) galley (b. 12-13-02; d. 1979)
Takagi, K. Pāsonzu to Amerika chishiki shakai, 1992: p. 3 (Tarukotto Pāsonzu [in Japanese], 1902-1979)
New World Encyclopedia, 12 September 2018 (Talcott Parsons (December 13, 1902-May 8, 1979) was an American sociologist who established the sociology department at Harvard University; influential through the 1950s and well into the 1960s; born in Colorado Springs, Colorado; initially wanted to become a biologist or medical doctor; graduated from Amherst College with majors in biology and philosophy; after Amherst entered the London School of Economics; moved to the University of Heidelberg in Germany where he received his Ph.D. in sociology and economics (1927); joined Harvard University as an instructor of economics (1927) and continued to teach there until his retirement (in 1974); died in Munich, Germany in 1979)
Associated languageeng