Herbert J. Gans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Herbert J. Gans

American sociologist

Date of Birth: 07-May-1927

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: university teacher, sociologist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Herbert J.
Gans (born May 7, 1927) is a German-born American sociologist who taught at Columbia University from 1971 to 2007. One of the most prolific and influential sociologists of his generation, Gans came to America in 1940 as a refugee from Nazi Germany and has sometimes described his scholarly work as an immigrant's attempt to understand America.
He trained in sociology at the University of Chicago, where he studied with David Riesman and Everett Hughes, among others, and in social planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied primarily with Martin Meyerson. Herbert J.
Gans served as the 78th President of the American Sociological Association.