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Ernest W. Burgess | |
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Born | Tilbury, Ontario, Canada | May 16, 1886
Died | December 27, 1966 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Chicago Kingfisher College |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology |
Institutions | University of Chicago Ohio State University |
Doctoral advisor | Albion Woodbury Small |
Doctoral students |
Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was a Canadian-American urban sociologist born in Tilbury, Ontario. He was educated at Kingfisher College in Oklahoma and continued graduate studies in sociology at the University of Chicago. In 1916, he returned to the University of Chicago, as a faculty member. Burgess was hired as an urban sociologist at the University of Chicago. Burgess also served as the 24th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA).