biography
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Sorokin, Pitirim A(lexandrovich)
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pronunciation:
[sorohkin]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1889–1968)
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| biography:
| Sociologist, born in Turia, NW Russia. After a varied career as factory hand, journalist, tutor, and cabinet minister (1917), he became professor of sociology at Petrograd (St Petersburg) (1919–22), specializing in the study of the social structure of rural communities. Banished by the Soviet government in 1922, he became professor at Minnesota (1924–30) and (1930–64) Harvard, where he founded the department of sociology. |
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