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David E. Apter

American political scientist/sociologist
Person human Q5233147

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[24]
Date of birth
December 18, 1924
Date of death
May 4, 2010
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
North Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
political scientist, sociologist, university teacher
Employer
Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Yale University[11][12][13][14]
Field of work
political science, sociology[9][10]
Educated at
Antioch University, Princeton University, Antioch College[15][16][17]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[21][22]
Notable work
Choice and the Politics of Allocation: A Developmental Theory, The Politics of Modernization[19][20]
Doctoral advisor
Marion J. Levy Jr.[18]
Doctoral student
Wookhee Shin[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Described by source
American Political Scientists[29]
Family name
Apter[26]
Given name
David, Ernest[27][28]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[31]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Ernest Apter en David E. Apter cs D. E. Apter cs D. E.(David Ernest) Apter da David Ernest Apter da David E. Apter da David Apter de David E. Apter de David Ernest Apter es David Ernest Apter fi David E. Apter fi David Ernest Apter ja デイビッド・E・アプター pt David E. Apter pt David Ernest Apter ru Аптер, Дейвид Эрнст ru Дейвид Эрнст Аптер uk Девід Аптер
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
27092446
Library of Congress authority ID
n50022697
GND ID
12432052X
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/66733
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
ApterDavidE(DavidErnest)1924-2010
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12089531x
FAST ID
1752783
Freebase ID
/m/0d3__g
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1825240, 5191264
Guggenheim fellows ID
david-e-apter
IdRef ID
029224500
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IxTheo authority ID
085784028
Libris-URI
pm1488t75nkw22h
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
249268
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990000220
NUKAT ID
n2006133309
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000010988
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007257870905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000011205
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810556545805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX940615
National Virtual Library of India ID
211k (211k–695k, n=5)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068969236
Open Library ID
OL387417A
PUG authority ID
372
Parsifal cluster ID
226733
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
2770
Prabook ID
1697509, 2535994
SELIBR ID
298447
SHARE Catalogue author ID
120155
SNAC ARK ID
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UOM ID
80088
Unz Review author ID
ApterDavidE
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c060763c-bc94-45e1-928f-ed9558deb4d2

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🔗 Connections
Employer 4
Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Northwestern University
Educated at 3
Princeton University, Antioch College, Antioch University
Occupation 3
sociologist, political scientist, university teacher
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field of work 2
sociology, political science
Given name 2
David, Ernest
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Marion J. Levy Jr.
Doctoral advisors 1
Marion J. Levy Jr.
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Place of death 1
North Haven
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

David E. Apter was born on December 18, 1924[1], in Brooklyn[2]. He died on May 4, 2010[3], in North Haven[4]. He worked as a political scientist[5], sociologist[6], and university teacher[7].

FAQs

Where was David E. Apter born?

David E. Apter was born in Brooklyn[2].

Where did David E. Apter die?

David E. Apter passed away in North Haven[4].

What did David E. Apter do for work?

David E. Apter worked as a political scientist[5], sociologist[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did David E. Apter go to school?

David E. Apter was educated at Antioch University[15], Princeton University[16], and Antioch College[17].

What awards did David E. Apter receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[21] and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[22].

Related Entities

Antioch University Northwestern University political science sociology United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . American Political Scientists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [19] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  28. [20] ↑ . American Political Scientists. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Prabook ID → 1697509, 2535994
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  2. 27w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Antioch University, Princeton University, Antioch College
    Member of → —
    Place of death → North Haven
    Doctoral student → Wookhee Shin
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