Seabury Colum Gilfillan
Seabury Colum Gilfillan (born April 5, 1889 in Saint Paul (Minnesota) , † February 14, 1987 in Pasadena (California) ) was an American sociologist who described inventions as an evolutionary process.
After serving in the war, Gilfillan completed his sociology studies in 1920 with a master's degree from Columbia University . It was there that he received his Ph. D. in 1935 . In the meantime and afterwards he worked as a lecturer at various US universities and as a curator of a technology museum. From 1941 to 1950 he was an associate professor at the University of Chicago .
With his thesis that the Roman Empire perished because of the collective lead poisoning of the elite, he quickly attracted media attention.
Fonts (selection)
- Inventing the Ship, 1935
- The Sociology of Invention, 1935
- Technical Trends in National Policy, 1937
- Rome's Ruin by Lead Poison, 1990.
literature
- Who was who in America. : volume VIII, 1982–1985 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1985, p. 154.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information: The S. Colum Gilfillan Papers
- ↑ See information in Siris Archives
- ↑ Time magazine article, Toxicology: Lead Among the Romans
Web links
- Literature by and about Seabury Colum Gilfillan in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilfillan, Seabury Colum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1987 |
| Place of death | Pasadena , California , United States |