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1 Biografie Robert K. Merton Vater: Arbeiter Mutter: Geschwister: 1 Schwester 1. Ehe: 1934 Suzanne Carhart (?-1992); Trennung 1968 Kinder: Stephanie Merton; Robert Carhart Merton (1944-) <Link: laureates/1997/merton-autobio.html>, Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger 1997; Vanessa Merton 2. Ehe: 1993 Harriet Zuckerman, mit der er seit 1968 zusammenlebte Religion: jüdisch Geboren in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Aufgewachsen als Arbeiterkind. Besuch der Highschool, daneben autodidaktische Fortbildung durch Lektüre in der nahegelegenen Carnegie-Bücherei. Trat in dieser Zeit auch als Zauberkünstler auf, wofür er seinen Namen änderte. 192?-1931 Studium an der Temple University in Philadelphia; 1931 B.A. with honors. Lernte Pitirim A. Sorokin ( ) kennen, der ihn so beeindruckte, dass er an die Harvard University wollte Studium an der Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Zunächst Schüler Pitirim A. Sorokin ( ), dann von Talcott Parsons ( ) M.A Ph.D. (Sociology) an der Harvard University; Betreuer: George Sarton ( ) Tutor und Instructor in Sociology an der Harvard University; Secretary des Board of Tutors in Sociology Associate und Full Professor of Sociology und Chairman des Department of Sociology an der Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. seit 1941 Lebte in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, beziehungsweise New York, N.Y Mitglied der Columbia University in New York, N.Y.: Assistant Professor, Full Professor of Sociology, Giddings Professor of Sociology, Full Professor of Sociology; 1979 emeritiert Special Service Professor. An der Columbia University Zusammenarbeit mit zahlreichen Sozialwissenschaftlern, unter anderem mit Daniel Bell (1919-), Kingsley Davis ( ), Marie Jahoda ( ) und Paul F. Lazarsfeld ( ) Associate Director des von Paul F. Lazarsfeld geleiteten Bureau of Applied Social Research (seit 1945 assoziiert mit der Columbia University) in New York. Außerdem seit 1947 Advisory Editor für Soziologie beim Verlag Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Trustee Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, California; Mitglied und Chairman des Educational Advisory Board der Guggenheim Foundation; Trustee der Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; seit 1979 Adjunct Faculty Member der Rockefeller University in New York, N.Y.; erster Foundation Scholar der Russell Sage Foundation; als erster Soziologe MacArthur Prize Fellow; George Sarton Professor of History of Science an der Universität von Gent / Gand. Lebt heute in New York, N.Y.

2 Bibliografie Robert K. Merton Bücher und Herausgeberschaften (Mit Majorie Fiske [später Majorie Fiske Lowenthal] & Alberta Curtis) Mass persuasion. The social psychology of a war bond drive. With the assistance of Majorie Fiske and Alberta Curtis. New York, N.Y.-London: Harper [1946] (= Columbia University. Bureau of Applied Social Research. Publications.), xiii, 210 S. Social theory and social structure. Toward the codification of theory and research. Glencoe, Ill. / London: Free Press / Macmillan 1949, 423 S. Später Teil 1 erweitert unter dem Titel: On theoretical sociology. Five essays old and new. (Herausgeber) Logan Wilson & William L[ester] Kolb: Sociological analysis. An introductory text and case book. Under the editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace 1949, xviii, 866 S. (Herausgeber) Continuities in social research. Studies in the scope and method of The American soldier. Edited by Robert K. Merton and Paul F[elix] Lazarsfeld. Glencoe, Ill. / London: Free Press / Macmillan 1950 (= Continuities in social research.), 255 S. (Herausgeber) Reader in bureaucracy. Edited by Robert K. Merton, Ailsa P. Gray, Barbara Hockey and Hanan C[harles] Selvin. Glencoe, Ill. / London. Free Press / Macmillan 1952, 464 S. (Mit Majorie Fiske [später Majorie Fiske Lowenthal] & Patricia L[ouise] Kendall) The focused interview. A manual of problems and procedures. Glencoe, Ill. / London: Free Press / Macmillan 1956 (= Columbia University, Bureau of Applied Social Research.), xxii, 186 S. (Herausgeber) The student-physician. Introductory studies in the sociology of medical education. Edited by Robert King Merton, George G. Reader, Patricia L[ouise] Kendall. Cambridge, Mass.: Published for the Commonwealth Fund by Harvard University Press 1957 (= A report from the Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University.), 360 S. (Mit Richard McKeon & Walter Gellhorn) The freedom to read. Perspective and program. New York, N.Y.: Bowker for the National Book Committee 1957, xvii, 110 S. (Herausgeber) Bernard Barber: Social stratification. A comparative analysis of structure and process. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace [1957], 540 S. (Herausgeber) Sociology today. Problems and prospects. Edited by Robert K. Merton, Leonard Broom, Leonard S[later] Cottrell, Jr., under the auspices of the American Sociological Association. New York, N.Y.: Basic Books [1959], xxxiv, 623 S. Some thoughts on the professions in American society. Address before the graduate convocation, Brown University, June 6, Providence, R.I.: Brown University 1960 (= Brown University papers. 37.), 17 S. (Herausgeber) Contemporary social problems. An introduction to the sociology of deviant behavior and social disorganization. Edited by Robert K. Merton and Robert A[lexander] Nisbet. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World 1961 (= Harcourt, Brace & World publications in the social sciences.), xiii, 754 S. (Herausgeber) George Caspar Homans: Social behavior. Its elementary forms. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World 1961, 404 S. (Herausgeber) Matilda White Riley: Sociological research. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World 1963, 2 Bände: Volume 1: A case approach. 1963, xx, 777 S. Volume 2: Exercises and manual. 1963, ix, 195 S. On the shoulders of giants. A Shandean postscript. With a foreword by Catherine Drinker Bowen. New York, N.Y. / London: Free Press / Macmillan 1965, ix, 289 S. (Herausgeber) Robert M[ortimer] Marsh: Comparative sociology. A codification of crosssocietal analysis. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World 1967, xvi, 528 S.

3 (Herausgeber) Arthur L[eonard] Stinchcombe: Constructing social theories. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World 1968, xv, 303 S. Science, technology and society in seventeenth century England. New York, N.Y.: Fertig 1970, xxxii, 279 S. Zuerst 1938 als Band 4, Teil 2, von Osiris. Studies on the history and philosophy of science and on the history of learning and culture. (Herausgeber) Lewis A[lfred] Coser: Masters of sociological thought. Ideas in historical and social context. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971, xxi, 485 S. The sociology of science. Theoretical and empirical investigations. Edited and with an introduction by Norman W[illiam] Storer. Chicago, Ill.-London: University of Chicago Press 1973, xxxi, 605 S. Sociological ambivalence and other essays. New York, N.Y. / London: Free Press / Macmillan 1976, xii, 287 S. Teilweise mit Elinor Barber. (Herausgeber) Claude S[erge] Fischer: The urban experience. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976, x, 309 S. (Herausgeber) The sociology of science in Europe. Edited by Robert K. Merton and Jerry Gaston. Carbondale, Ill. / London: Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer and Simons 1977 (= Perspectives in sociology.), xiv, 383 S. (Herausgeber) Daniel Chirot: Social change in the twentieth century. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977, xii, 273 S. (Herausgeber) Gresham M[ Cready] Sykes: Criminology. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1978, xiv, 631 S. Spätere Ausgabe gemeinsam mit Francis T. Cullen. (Herausgeber) Toward a metric of science. The advent of science indicators. Edited by Yehuda Elkana, Joshua Lederberg, Robert K. Merton, Arnold Thackray, Harriet Zuckerman. New York, N.Y.: Wiley 1978, xiv, 354 S. (Herausgeber) Qualitative and quantitative social research. Papers in honour of Paul F[elix] Lazarsfeld. Edited by Robert K. Merton, James S[amuel] Coleman, Peter H[enry] Rossi. New York, N.Y. / London: Free Press / Collier Macmillan 1979, xviii, 413 S. The sociology of science. An episodic memoir. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press 1979, xi, 151 S. (Herausgeber) Ludwik Fleck: Genesis and development of a scientific fact. Edited [and adapted by] Thaddeus J. Trenn [and] Robert K. Merton, [translated from the German by] Fred Bradley [and] Thaddeus J. Trenn, [foreword by] Thomas S[amuel] Kuhn. Chicago, Ill.-London: University of Chicago Press 1979, xxviii, 203 S. (Herausgeber) Sociological traditions from generation to generation. Glimpses of the American experience. Edited by Robert K. Merton and Matilda White Riley. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex 1980 (= Modern sociology.), xv, 181 S. (Herausgeber) Continuities in structural inquiry. Peter M[ichael] Blau and Robert K. Merton, editors. London-Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage 1981, viii, 396 S. (Mitarbeiter) Paul W[illiam] Kingston & Jonathan R. Cole: The Columbia University economic survey of American authors. A report of findings. With the collaboration of Robert K. Merton. Prepared for the Authors Guild Foundation, Inc. [New York, N.Y.]: Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University 1981, 4, iii, 128 S. Social research and the practicing professions. Edited and with an introduction by Aaron Rosenblatt and Thomas F. Gieryn. Cambridge, Mass.: Abt Books 1982, xvi, 284 S. (Herausgeber) Michael S. Bassis / Richard J. Gelles / Ann Levine: Social problems. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982, xix, 586 S. (Herausgeber) Introduction to sociology. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983, xi, 540 S. (Herausgeber) Bert N[ewton] Adams: The family. A sociological interpretation. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. 4th edition. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986, xii, 457 S. Zuerst Chicago, Ill unter dem Titel: The American family. A sociological interpretation.

4 (Herausgeber) H. Andrew Michener & John D. DeLamater & Shalom H. Schwartz: Social psychology. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986, vii, 638 S. (Herausgeber) Revolutions. Theoretical, comparative, and historical studies. Edited by Jack A. Goldstone. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986, vi, 343 S. (Herausgeber) Allan G. Johnson: Human arrangements. An introduction to sociology. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986, xix, 754 S. (Herausgeber) Daniel Chirot: Social change in the modern era. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986, vi, 330 S. (Herausgeber) Anthony Giddens: Sociology, a brief but critical introduction. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. 2nd edition. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987, viii, 179 S. Zuerst London (Herausgeber) Richard L. Henshel: Thinking about social problems. With a foreword by James Gschwender. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990, xxviii, 292 S. (Herausgeber) Neil Alan Weiner & Margaret A. Zahn & Rita J. Sagi: Violence. Patterns, causes, public policy. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990, xvii, 478 S. (Herausgeber) International encyclopedia of the social sciences. Volume 19: Social science quotations. Edited by David L[awrence] Sills, Robert K. Merton. [New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill.]: Macmillan / Free Press 1991, xxi, 437 S. (Herausgeber) Theodore Caplow: American social trends. Under the general editorship of Robert K. Merton. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991, xi, 241 S. A life of learning. Charles Homer Haskins lecture. New York, N.Y.: American Council of Learned Societies 1994 (= Charles Homer Haskins lecture / ACLS occasional paper. 25.), 20 S. On social structure and science. Edited and with an introduction by Piotr Sztompka. Chicago, Ill.- London: University of Chicago Press 1996 (= Heritage of sociology.), vii, 386 S.

5 Nachlass Robert K. Merton Nachlass Privatbesitz Robert K. Merton, New York, New York, USA.