William Foote Whyte : American Sociologist, Scholar of Worker Cooperatives and Urban Sociology, and who Lived in Boston Studying Gangs in Boston's North End

June 27, 1914 — July 16, 2000

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An American sociologist chiefly known for his ethnographic study in urban sociology, Street Corner Society. A pioneer in participant observation, he lived for four years in an Italian community in Boston while a Junior Fellow at Harvard researching social relations of street gangs in Boston's North End.

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June 27, 1914

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July 16, 2000

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