Otis Dudley Duncan
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Otis Dudley Duncan (December 2, 1921, Nocona, Texas - November 16, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was "the most important quantitative sociologist in the world in the latter half of the 20th century" (Leo Goodman). His book The American Occupational Structure, which received the American Sociological Association's Sorokin Award, documented how parents transmit their societal status to their children.
He compiled his thoughts on the major issues of the field into Notes on Social Measurement, which he considered his greatest work.
He retired in 1987, taking up pursuits like composing electronic music and computer graphics. In 2000 he joined his local Humanist Society which led him to publish new work on the prevalence of creationism, tolerance of atheists, support for euthanasia and other such issues. He was also one of the first to notice inconsistencies in work by John Lott. [link]
External links
- [Self-written obituary, published in the Santa Barbara News-Press]
- [UCSB obituary]
- [Encyclopedia Britannica article]
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