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James Q. Wilson

American political scientist and public policy expert
Person human Q636710

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[24]
Date of birth
May 27, 1931
Date of death
March 2, 2012
Place of birth
Denver
Place of death
Boston
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
political scientist, criminologist, university teacher, social scientist
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University[11][12]
Position held
chairperson[10]
Educated at
University of Redlands, University of Chicago, Jordan High School[13][14][15]
Award received
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Francis Boyer Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, John Gaus Award[18][19][20][21]
Notable work
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It[17]
Doctoral advisor
Edward C. Banfield[16]
Doctoral student
Alfred A. Marcus, John DiIulio[25][26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Family name
Wilson[27]
Given name
James, Quinn[28][29]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society[22][23]
🏷️ Also known as
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ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Academic Tree ID
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Angelicum ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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C-SPAN person numeric ID
27074
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
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CBDB.cz author ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Latter-day Saint Literature database artist ID (archived)
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Libraries Australia ID
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LibraryThing author ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
255139
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00542455
NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000319229
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278590105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202110053
National Library of Latvia ID
000011044
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812652199705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1160650
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067825761
Notable Names Database ID
796/000167295
Online Books Page author ID
Wilson, James Q.
Open Library ID
OL37389A, OL8312624A, OL6925214A, OL7482125A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A003978647
SHARE Catalogue author ID
32877
SVKKL authority ID
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U.S. National Archives Identifier
10583045
UOM ID
57123
Unz Review author ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WikiTree person ID
Wilson-96680
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Award received 4
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Guggenheim Fellowship, Francis Boyer Award, John Gaus Award
Occupation 3
political scientist, university teacher, criminologist
Educated at 2
University of Chicago, University of Redlands
Employer 2
Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Edward C. Banfield
Doctoral advisors 1
Edward C. Banfield
Family name 1
Wilson
Given name 1
James
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Denver
Place of death 1
Boston
Position held 1
chairperson
Sex or gender 1
male
← Discoverer or inventor 1
broken windows theory
← Winner 1
Francis Boyer Award
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Summary

James Q. Wilson was born on May 27, 1931[1], in Denver[2]. He died on March 2, 2012[3], in Boston[4]. He worked as a political scientist[5], criminologist[6], university teacher[7], and social scientist[8].

Why It Matters

James Q. Wilson is credited with the discovery of broken windows theory[31], a sociological theory[32].

FAQs

Where was James Q. Wilson born?

James Q. Wilson's place of birth was Denver[2].

Where did James Q. Wilson die?

James Q. Wilson died in Boston[4].

What did James Q. Wilson do for work?

James Q. Wilson worked as a political scientist[5], criminologist[6], university teacher[7], and social scientist[8].

Where did James Q. Wilson go to school?

James Q. Wilson was educated at University of Redlands[13], University of Chicago[14], and Jordan High School[15].

What awards did James Q. Wilson receive?

Honors received include Presidential Medal of Freedom[18], Francis Boyer Award[19], Guggenheim Fellowship[20], and John Gaus Award[21].

What did James Q. Wilson discover?

James Q. Wilson is credited as discoverer of broken windows theory[31].

Related Entities

United States University of California, Los Angeles University of Redlands

References

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . apsanet.org. apsanet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu. publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . congress.gov. congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . aei.org. aei.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . apsanet.org. apsanet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . NNDB. wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . latimesblogs.latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [17] ↑ . search.worldcat.org. search.worldcat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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