Pierson, Donald, 1900-1995

Sociologist, social anthropologist.

Donald Pierson was born on September 8, 1900, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was educated at the College of Emporia, Kansas and the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the Escola de Sociologia e Política in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1939-1959. He directed the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and served as Dean of the Graduate Division. He also directed the Brazilian section of the Institute of Social Anthropology in the Smithsonian.

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