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Robert Morrison MacIver

Robert Morrison MacIver was a British and American sociologist, university teacher, writer and political scientist (1882–1970). He was born at Stornoway and died at New York City.

Robert Morrison MacIver in brief

Born
1882
Died
1970
Known for
sociologist, university teacher, writer and political scientist
Place of birth
Stornoway
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Career and activity

He was employed by University of Toronto, Columbia University and University of Aberdeen. Recorded position is President of the American Sociological Association. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society, American Philosophical Society and Romanian Academy.

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1949 to 1952.

Elements of Social Science. Towards and Abiding Peace. Les Baux, dated 1952, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1953.465. The elements of social science / by R.M. MacIver., dated [1949], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

MacIver, Robert Morrison (1882-1970), social scientist and humanist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Robert Morrison MacIver, American Sociological Theory, 1981. MacIver, Robert Morrison (1882–1970), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2009. MacIver, Robert Morrison (1882–1970), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2016. ‘Edges to Middles’: Robert Morrison MacIver on ‘Community’, Journal of Scottish Thought, 2007.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Labor in the Changing World (1919) — Internet Archive. Community, a Sociological Study: Being an Attempt to Set Out the Nature and ... (1920) — Internet Archive. Towards and Abiding Peace (1944) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Robert Morrison MacIver studied at University of Edinburgh. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with University of Toronto, Columbia University and University of Aberdeen. Positions recorded include President of the American Sociological Association. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society and American Philosophical Society.

Distinctions recorded are Kurt Lewin Award.

Chronology

  1. 1882Robert Morrison MacIver born at Stornoway.
  2. 1919Labor in the Changing World digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1920Community, a Sociological Study: Being an Attempt to Set Out the Nature and ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1944Towards and Abiding Peace digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1949The elements of social science / by R.M. MacIver. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1952Les Baux (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 1970Robert Morrison MacIver died at New York City.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Robert Morrison MacIver”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1136106: Robert Morrison MacIver

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