John Ronald Seeley

Herbert John Ronald George Friedeburg-Seeley (February 21, 1913 - December 16, 2007) was a sociologist and author in Canada and the United States.[1][2] His works include The Americanization of the Unconscious and Crestwood Heights.[3]

Early life

Seeley was the son of Emil Friedeburg, a wealthy German grain merchant with what is presently Bunge and Co. His mother was Lilly Etta Seeley. Seeley was born into the aristocratic class of London. He had three brothers- Frank, Cyril, and Teddy. The boys were educated at various European boarding schools. At age 17, Seeley left England for North America where he would earn his advanced degrees.[4]

Career

Seeley served in the Canadian Army from 1939 to 1945. He then completed a graduate degree at the University of Chicago. "The fraction of the Forest Hills work reported out in Crestwood Heights was Seeley's first major publication, and established his professional presence. Crestwood Heights was the first full-scale sociological study of a suburban community, and the first psychologically-oriented anthropological study of a community as such."[5] Seeley went on to help charter York University. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Brandeis University whilst working as a sociologist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in the West, 1980
  2. ↑ Rossman, Michael. "The Fool of Sociology". mrossman.org. Michael Rossman. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Chall, Leo B., Sociological Abstracts, Volume 25, Issues 4-6, 1977
  4. ↑ Bentley, Paul. "Martyr for Mental Health" (PDF). tspace.library.utorronto. University of Torronto. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Fool of Sociology". www.mrossman.org. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
  6. ↑ "John Ronald Seeley (1913 - 2007)". independent.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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