Linton Freeman
Linton Clarke Freeman | |
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Fields | social network |
Institutions | Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Hawaii, University of California, Irvine |
Education | Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1956), University of Hawaii (M.A. 1953), Roosevelt University (B.A. 1952) |
Known for | social network, centrality |
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Linton Clarke Freeman is an American structuralist sociologist known for his pioneering work in social networks. He is an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.[1] Freeman was the first derive the metric of Betweenness centrality. He is the founding editor of the journal Social Networks which started being published in 1978.[2]
Awards
1994 Recipient, the St. Clair Drake Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
2006 Recipient, the James S. Coleman Distinguished Career Award in Mathematical Sociology, Mathematical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
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