# Howard W. Odum

> Howard Washington Odum was a white American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore. Beginning in 1920, he served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina, founding the university press, the journal Social Forces, and what is now the Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, all in the 1920s. He also founded the university's School of Public Welfare, one of the first in the Southeast.

*American sociologist (1884-1954)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1884-05-24
- **Died:** 1954-11-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.2 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 2.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 68.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Howard W. Odum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Odum)
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