Herbert Julius Gans was a German-born American sociologist, born on May 7, 1927, and died on April 21, 2025, who taught at Columbia University from 1971 to 2007. He came to the United States in 1940 as a refugee from Nazi Germany and sometimes described his scholarly work as an immigrant's attempt to understand America. He trained in sociology at the University of Chicago, studying with David Riesman and Everett Hughes, and in social planning at the University of Pennsylvania, and he served as the seventy ninth president of the American Sociological Association in 1988.
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Wikipedialead section: nationality
was a German-born American sociologist who taught at Columbia University from 1971 to 2007
Biography section: birth date
was born in Cologne, Germany on May 7, 1927
Biography section: birthplace
was born in Cologne, Germany on May 7, 1927
Biography section: death date
Gans died at his home in New York City, on April 21, 2025, at the age of 97
Biography section: death place
Gans died at his home in New York City, on April 21, 2025, at the age of 97
Sociological research section: contribution
he initially made his reputation as a critic of urban renewal in the early 1960s
Sociological research section: notable work
His first book, The Urban Villagers (1962), described Boston's diverse West End neighborhood
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