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Herbert Blumer

Herbert George Blumer (March 7, 1900 – April 13, 1987) was an American sociologist whose main scholarly interests were symbolic interactionism and methods of social research. Believing that individuals create social reality through collective and individual action, he was an avid interpreter and proponent of George Herbert Mead's social psychology, which…

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Education
University of Missouri (AB, MA) University of Chicago (PhD)
Born
Herbert George Blumer (1900-03-07)March 7, 1900 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Children
3
Died
April 13, 1987(1987-04-13) (aged 87) Danville, California, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Ellsworth Faris
Influenced
Erving Goffman, Anselm Strauss, Howard S. Becker, Tamotsu Shibutani

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Herbert BlumerInfluencedErving Goffman, Anselm Strauss, Howard S. Becker, Tamotsu Shibutani1.00infobox
Herbert BlumerInfluencesGeorge Herbert Mead, W. I. Thomas, Charles H. Cooley, Robert Park, Georg Simmel, John Dewey, Charles Ellwood1.00infobox
Herbert BlumerInstitutionsAmerican Sociological Association University of Missouri University of Chicago University of California at Berkeley1.00infobox
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