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William H. Whyte
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Hollingsworth Whyte, Holly Whyte, William Hollingsworth "Holly" Whyte
American sociologist (1917-1999)
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- Works
- 11
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Film & TV
West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
William Hollingsworth "Holly" Whyte Jr. (July 11, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American urbanist, sociologist, organizational analyst, journalist and people-watcher. He identified the elements that create vibrant public spaces within the city and filmed a variety of urban plazas in New York City in the 1970s. After his book about corporate culture The Organization Man (1956) sold over two million…
Known for
- City Spaces, Human Places — Narrator1981
- The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces — Self1980
- NOVA — Self1974
- What Is The City But The People? — Self1969
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Cokeland2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- West Chester
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- St. Andrew's School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1917-10-01
- date of death
- 1999-01-12
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