Peter Blau
American sociologist
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Peter Michael Blau was an American sociologist and theorist. Born in Vienna, Austria, he immigrated to the United States in 1939. He completed his PhD doctoral thesis with Robert K. Merton at Columbia University in 1952, laying an early theory for... Wikipedia
Born: February 7, 1918, Vienna, Austria
Died: March 12, 2002 (age 84 years), Carrboro, NC
Influenced by: George C. Homans, Robert K. Merton, Talcott Parsons, and more
Education: Columbia University (1952) and Elmhurst University (1942)
Doctoral advisor: Robert K. Merton
Era: 20th-century
