Thorsten Sellin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thorsten Sellin

American criminologist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1896

Place of Birth: Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1994

Profession: university teacher, sociologist, criminologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johan Thorsten Sellin (26 October 1896 – 17 September 1994) was a Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology.