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Kingsley Davis
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Kingsley Davis was an American sociologist, historian, statistician, and university teacher. Born in Jones County in 1908, he earned a doctorate from Harvard University. His professional career included teaching positions at Smith College, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
Davis authored 27 works, including *Contemporary marriage*, *Human society*, *The population of India and Pakistan*, *Below-replacement fertility in industrial societies*, and *The amazing decline of mortality in underdeveloped areas*. His writings are held in the collection of the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. He died in Stanford in 1997.
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It sits within the topics 1908 births, 1997 deaths and 20th-century American sociologists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- ,
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Contemporary marriage
- Human society
- The population of India and Pakistan
- Below-replacement fertility in industrial societies
- The amazing decline of mortality in underdeveloped areas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jones County
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- doctorate
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- date of birth
- 1908-08-20
- date of death
- 1997-02-27
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- has works in the collection
- Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
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