Davis, Kingsley, 1908-1997

American sociologist.

From the description of Kingsley Davis papers, 1926-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872020

Biographical Note

• 1908 August 20: Born, Tuxedo, Texas
• 1930: A.B. in English, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• 1932: M.A. in Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• 1933: M.A. in Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1934 - 1936 : Instructor, Sociology, Smith College, Massachusetts
• 1936: Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University
• 1936 - 1937 : Assistant Professor, Sociology, Clark University, Massachusetts
• 1937 - 1942 : Associate Professor and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University
• 1942 - 1944 : Visiting Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, New Jersey, and Chairman, Pennsylvania State University
• 1942 - 1948 : Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Princeton University
• 1944 - 1945 : Associate Professor, Public Affairs, Princeton University
• 1944 - 1948 : Research Associate, Princeton University
• 1948 - 1955 : Professor, Sociology, Graduate Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University, New York
• 1949: Author, Modern American Society: Readings in the Problems of Order and Change
• 1950: Author, Corrientes Demográficas Mundiales
• 1951: Author, The Population of India and Pakistan
• 1955 - 1970 : Professor, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
• 1956 - 1977 : Chairman, International Population and Urban Research, University of California, Berkeley
• 1958: Author, A Crowding Hemisphere: Population Change in the Americas
• 1961 - 1963 : Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
• 1963: Author, Future Demographic Growth of the San Francisco Bay Area
• 1964: Author, The Place of Latin America in World Demographic History
• 1969: Author, World Urbanization, 1950-1970
• 1973: Author, Cities: Their Origin, Growth, and Human Impact: Readings from Scientific American
• 1980: Author, A Structural Analysis of Kinship: Prolegomena to the Sociology of Kinship
• 1970 - 1976 : Ford Professor, Sociology and Comparative Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• 1976 - 1977 : Ford Professor, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (recalled)
• 1977 - 1992 : Distinguished Professor, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
• 1985: Author, Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution
• 1987: Author, Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Society: Causes, Consequences, Policies
• 1989: Author, Population and Resources in a Changing World: Current Readings
• 1991: Author, Resources, Environment, and Population: Present Knowledge, Future Options
• 1981 - 1992 : Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• 1992 - 1997 : Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• 1997 February 27: Died

From the guide to the Kingsley Davis Papers, 1926-1981, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)