Biography william f ogburnley

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William Fielding Ogburn (1886-1959), American sociologist, was born in Butler, Georgia.

He took his B.S. at Mercer University and received his PH.D. in 1912 from Columbia University. Between 1911 and 1918 he taught economics, political science, history, and sociology at Princeton University, Reed College, and the University of Washington.

Biography william f ogburnley jr

He was chairman of the department of economics and sociology at Barnard College from 1919 to 1927 and also taught at Columbia during this period. He then became professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and subsequently was appointed to the Sewell L.

Avery distinguished service chair.

He retired in 1951, at which time he began traveling about the world, following his everbroadening interests and his desire to see and learn more. He lectured at the universities of Calcutta and Delhi in India, and at Nuffield College, Oxford, and traveled extensively through Asia, the