Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist known for his pioneering work in social networks. He was an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.[1] Freeman developed the first measure of betweenness centrality. He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks[2] which began publishing in 1979.[3]
Linton Clarke Freeman | |
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| Born | 1927 |
| Died | August 17, 2018 (aged 91) |
| Education | Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1956), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (M.A. 1953), Roosevelt University (B.A. 1952) |
| Known for | social network, centrality |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | social network |
| Institutions | Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Lehigh University, University of California, Irvine |
| Website | moreno |
Freeman died on August 17, 2018, at the age of 91.[4]
Book
editFreeman, Linton C. 2004. The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Vancouver: Empirical Press.
References
edit- ^ "Emeritus Faculty - Sociology". UC Irvine School of Social Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Social Networks". Elsevier. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Social Networks (journal)". ScienceDirect.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "In memoriam: Linton C. Freeman". University of California, Irvine. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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