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| - Howard Washington Odum (May 24, 1884 – November 8, 1954) was an American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore. Beginning in 1920, he served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina, founding the university press, the journal Social Forces, and what is now the Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, all in the 1920s. He also founded the university's School of Public Welfare, one of the first in the Southeast. With doctorates in psychology and sociology, he wrote extensively across academic disciplines, influencing several fields and publishing three novels in addition to 20 scholarly texts. He was white. (en)
- Howard Washington Odum (* 24. Mai 1884 bei , Georgia; † 8. November 1954 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Soziologe und 20. Präsident der American Sociological Association. Nach einem ersten Studium an der Emory University wurde Odum Lehrer, setzte sein Studium aber an der University of Mississippi fort und beendete es mit dem Master-Examen. Anschließend studierte er Psychologie bis zur Promotion an der Clark University. Seinen zweiten Doktortitel (Ph.D.) erhielt Odum 1910 im Fach Soziologie für die eine Dissertation mt dem Titel Social and Mental Traits of the Negro an der Columbia University. Doktorvater war Franklin Henry Giddings. (de)
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