F. Stuart Chapin
Francis Stuart Chapin (3 February 1888 – 7 July 1974) was an American sociologist and educator; he was a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota from 1922 to 1953.
Background[edit]
He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1909, as well as his PhD from the same school in 1911.
Career[edit]
He taught economics at Wellesley College for one year. He then moved to Smith College where he taught sociology and served as department chair (1912–1921). In 1920 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[1]
He played an important role in creation of a quantitative, statistical sociology in the United States in the years between World War I and World War II (1920–40).
He also served as the 25th President of the American Sociological Association. He was a prime mover in the creation of the Social Science Research Council.
Legacy[edit]
His grandson, F. Stuart Chapin III, is a professor of ecology at the University of Alaska.
One of his students was writer Myra Page.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ List of ASA Fellows Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ Page, Myra; Baker, Christina Looper (1996). In a Generous Spirit: A First-Person Biography of Myra Page. University of Illinois Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780252065439. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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