Sidney Verba

American political scientist (1932–2019)

Person human Q1355609

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19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[24]
Date of birth: May 26, 1932
Date of death: March 4, 2019
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Cambridge
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: political scientist, university teacher
Employer: Harvard University, Harvard Library^[11]^[12]
Field of work: political science^[8]
Position held: chairperson, Harvard University Librarian^[9]^[10]
Educated at: Princeton University, Harvard College, James Madison High School^[13]^[14]^[15]
Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Victoria Schuck Award^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Doctoral student: Michael C. Dawson, Nancy Burns, Michael Crosby Dawson^[25]^[26]^[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[31]
Described by source: Sidney Verba, Innovative Scholar of Democracies, Dies at 86^[30]
Family name: Verba^[28]
Given name: Sidney^[29]
Member of: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Association, American Philosophical Society^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Sidney Verba de Verba fa سیدنی وربا he סידני ורבה ja シドニー・ヴァーバ ja シドニー・ヴァーヴァ ru Верба Сидней ru Верба, Сидни ru Сидней Верба uk Сідней Верба zh 西德尼·维巴

🔖 Identifiers · 48

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VIAF cluster ID: 66486127
Library of Congress authority ID: n79063183
GND ID: 124580394
Angelicum ID: 43817
Awards & Winners artist ID: 026vj3_
BIBSYS ID: 90054241
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 120529411
CONOR.BG ID: 13908837
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266575282560
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124580394
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Sidney-Verba

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FAST ID: 1440468
Freebase ID: /m/026vj3_
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1908224
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: verba-sidni-be78e7
Guggenheim fellows ID: sidney-verba
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 64298
IdRef ID: 028759621
IxTheo authority ID: 363423125
JRC Names ID: 97416
KBR person ID: 14248127
Libraries Australia ID: 35579591
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 225922
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA00444106
NDL Authority ID: 00459653
NE.se ID: sidney-verba
NL CR AUT ID: vse2010597552
NLA Trove people ID: 243002
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000248561
NSK ID: 981005787551209366
NUKAT ID: n99037817
National Academy of Sciences member ID: 49531
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000420453
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007280417105171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000189557
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810536370205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1070590
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068092210
Parsifal cluster ID: 240770
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 81951
Prabook ID: 1314534
SBN author ID: CFIV031665
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 119953
SNAC ARK ID: w6rz3hhc
UOM ID: 100359
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmDp7MH6bQtWrqcWWxqwC
Yale LUX ID: person/715cdf37-fd17-468d-997e-fa4c9eb9fafd

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🔗 Connections

Member of 4

National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Philosophical Association

Award received 3

Guggenheim Fellowship, Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, honorary doctor of Harvard University

Educated at 2

Princeton University, Harvard College

Employer 2

Harvard University, Harvard Library

Occupation 2

political scientist, university teacher

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Field of work 1

political science

Given name 1

Sidney

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

New York City

Place of death 1

Cambridge

Position held 1

chairperson

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Sidney Verba was born on May 26, 1932^[1], in New York City^[2]. He died on March 4, 2019^[3], in Cambridge^[4]. He worked as a political scientist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

FAQs

Where was Sidney Verba born?

Sidney Verba's place of birth was New York City^[2].

Where did Sidney Verba die?

Sidney Verba died in Cambridge^[4].

What did Sidney Verba do for work?

Sidney Verba worked as a political scientist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

Where did Sidney Verba go to school?

Sidney Verba was educated at Princeton University^[13], Harvard College^[14], and James Madison High School^[15].

What awards did Sidney Verba receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship^[16], Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science^[17], honorary doctor of Harvard University^[18], and Victoria Schuck Award^[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Sidney Verba — place of birth (P19): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sidney Verba — place of death (P20): Cambridge. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Sidney Verba — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-24. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sidney Verba — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sidney Verba — position held (P39): chairperson. apsanet.org. apsanet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sidney Verba — position held (P39): Harvard University Librarian. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sidney Verba — educated at (P69): Princeton University. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sidney Verba — educated at (P69): Harvard College. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sidney Verba — educated at (P69): James Madison High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sidney Verba — field of work (P101): political science. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2024-11-23. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sidney Verba — occupation (P106): political scientist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sidney Verba — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sidney Verba — employer (P108): Harvard University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sidney Verba — employer (P108): Harvard Library. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sidney Verba — award received (P166): Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sidney Verba — award received (P166): Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sidney Verba — award received (P166): honorary doctor of Harvard University. harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-14. harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sidney Verba — award received (P166): Victoria Schuck Award. apsanet.org. apsanet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Sidney Verba — doctoral student (P185): Michael C. Dawson. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Sidney Verba — doctoral student (P185): Nancy Burns. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Sidney Verba — doctoral student (P185): Michael Crosby Dawson. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sidney Verba — member of (P463): National Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sidney Verba — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Sidney Verba — member of (P463): American Philosophical Association. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Sidney Verba — member of (P463): American Philosophical Society. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Sidney Verba — date of birth (P569): May 26, 1932. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-06. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sidney Verba — date of death (P570): March 4, 2019. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 2017-10-09. nasonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Sidney Verba — family name (P734): Verba. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Sidney Verba — given name (P735): Sidney. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Sidney Verba — described by source (P1343): Sidney Verba, Innovative Scholar of Democracies, Dies at 86. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Sidney Verba — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.

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