Paul Lazarsfeld

Paul Lazarsfeld was a sociologist, professor, psychologist and mathematician, born on 13 February 1901 in Vienna. He held citizenship of the United States, Austria and Austria-Hungary, and was educated at the University of Vienna and the Akademisches Gymnasium. He worked at the University of Vienna, the University of Paris, the University of Pittsburgh and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and belonged to the French Section of the Workers' International.

He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. His doctoral students included James Samuel Coleman and Peter H. Rossi, and his child was Robert Lazarsfeld. His spouses were Marie Jahoda and Herta Herzog. He died on 30 August 1976 in New York City.