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William Isaac Thomas (1863–1947) was an American sociologist, writer, and psychologist. Born in Russell County, he died in Berkeley. He was educated at the University of Tennessee and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy. His doctoral advisor was Albion Woodbury Small, and he studied under Wilhelm Wundt. Thomas worked at the University of Chicago, Oberlin College, The New School, and Harvard University.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His notable work includes the Thomas theorem. He also authored The Polish Peasant in Europe and America, a monograph of an immigrant group published in multiple volumes. Thomas was married to Dorothy Swaine Thomas and wrote in English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 13 August 1863
- Died
- 5 December 1947
- Works
- 67
Top works
- Le donne nella sociologia di William I. Thomas
- FONDATION DE LA SOCIOLOGIE AMÉRICAINE - Morceaux choisis
- The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group; Volume 5
- The Polish Peasant In Europe And America
- The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group; Volume 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,143x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,720x
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,873x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,750x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,019x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Russell County
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Spouse
- Dorothy Swaine Thomas
- Occupation
- psychologist
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Thomas theorem
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Albion Woodbury Small
- Student of
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Field of work
- positivism
- Image
- Portrait of William Isaac Thomas.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1863-08-13
- date of death
- 1947-12-05
- birth name
- William Isaac Thomas
- Commons category
- William Isaac Thomas
- name in native language
- William Isaac Thomas
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- Gabriel Tarde
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