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Ernest Burgess
This article is about the sociologist. For the priest, see Ernest Burges.
Canadian-American sociologist
Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was a Canadian-American urban sociologist who was professor at the University of Chicago.
He was the 24th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Early life
He was born in born in Tilbury, Ontario.
He was educated at Kingfisher College in Oklahoma and continued graduate studies in sociology at the University of Chicago.
In 1916, he returned to the University of Chicago, as a faculty member.
Biographical Note.Burgess was hired as an urban sociologist at the University of Chicago.
Scholarly work
Burgess conducted influential work in a number of areas.
Introductory sociology textbook
Five years after his arrival as a professor at the university of Chicago in 1921, Ernest Burgess would publish one of his most celebrated works.
He collaborated with sociologist Robert Park to write a textbook