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Harrison White

American sociologist (1930-2024) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 94

Harrison Colyar White was an American sociologist who was the Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. White played an influential role in the “Harvard Revolution” in social networks and the New York School of relational sociology.

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W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award2011
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse-II2004
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

He is credited with the development of a number of mathematical models of social structure including vacancy chains and blockmodels. He has been a leader of a revolution in sociology that is still in process, using models of social structure that are based on patterns of relations instead of the attributes and attitudes of individuals.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 94