William Louis Bailey

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William Louis Bailey also written in the variant William L. Bailey (born August 15, 1882 in Rosseau , Ontario , † October 17, 1982 in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island ) was a Canadian sociologist and university professor .

Life

Family and education

William Louis Bailey, born in Rosseau in the province of Ontario, son of Captain George Bailey and his wife Emily, born Kidd, devoted himself to studying social sciences at the University of Toronto after completing compulsory schooling . A year later he moved to Queen's University in Kingston , where he acquired a Master of Arts degree in 1904 .

William Louis Bailey married Edith Olivia née Reid on April 24, 1906. From this connection came the daughter Florence Elizabeth. Bailey, who moved his main residence to Charlottetown in the province of Prince Edward Island after his final retirement from the professional life, died there in the fall of 1982 six years after the death of his wife at the old age of 100 years.

Professional career

After graduating, William Louis Bailey moved to the United States, where he completed postgraduate courses at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin . After a one-year Sage Fellowship in Philosophy at Cornell University, he took a position as an Assistant in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin in 1906 . In 1907 he was appointed acting professor in social science at the University of Colorado . After serving in the same capacity at the University of Michigan between 1908 and 1909 , he returned to the University of Wisconsin as an instructor in social science . In 1913 William Louis Bailey moved to Grinnell , Iowa , where he was appointed Assistant Professor in Social Science at Grinnell College.

In 1918, William Louis Bailey accepted a call from Northwestern University to a professorship in Sociology . Bailey, who was also employed as a lecturer at the Garrett Biblical Institute , retired in 1947 . He then taught as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland , the Department of Defense and the University of Pittsburgh before retiring into private life in 1953.

William Louis Bailey, who is a member of the Committee on Social Economic Surveys, the Chicago Regional Planning Association, the City Plan Commission of Evanston, the American Sociological Association , the American Country Life Association, the American Association of University Professors, the Phi Beta Kappa as well who held Alpha Phi Zeta, was particularly successful in his specialist areas of Metropolitan Suburbanism and Sociology of Religion .

Fonts

  • with Clare John Hewitt: Pastor's manual of survey and program, The Methodist Book Concern, New York, Cincinnati, 1921
  • The Bible up to date, in: Newsweek of December 4, 1939

literature

  • Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), University of Wisconsin: The Journal of Land & Public Utility Economics, volume XVI, published for The Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities by AW Shaw Co., Chicago, 1940, p. 252.
  • Who was who in America. : volume VII, 1977-1981 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, p. 24.

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personal data
SURNAME Bailey, William Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bailey, William L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosseau , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1982
Place of death Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island