# Linton Freeman

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{{Short description|American structuralist sociologist (1927–2018)}}
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| birth_date        = 1927
| birth_place       = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, U.S.
| death_date        = August 17, 2018 (aged 91)
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| workplaces        = [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University), [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh), [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa), [Lehigh University](/source/Lehigh_University), [University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine)
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| education         = [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) (Ph.D. 1956), [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa) (M.A. 1953), [Roosevelt University](/source/Roosevelt_University) (B.A. 1952)
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'''Linton Clarke Freeman''' (1927 &ndash; August 17, 2018) was an American [structuralist sociologist](/source/structuralism_(sociology)) known for his work in [social networks](/source/social_networks). He was an emeritus professor of sociology at the [University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sociology.uci.edu/people/emeritus.php|title=Emeritus Faculty - Sociology |publisher=UC Irvine School of Social Sciences|accessdate=24 January 2018}}</ref> Freeman developed the first measure of [betweenness centrality](/source/betweenness_centrality). He was the founding editor of the journal ''[Social Networks](/source/Social_Networks_(journal))''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-networks|title=Social Networks|publisher=[Elsevier](/source/Elsevier)|accessdate=24 January 2018}}</ref> which began publishing in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03788733 | title=Social Networks (journal) | publisher=[ScienceDirect.com](/source/ScienceDirect.com) | accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref>

Freeman died on August 17, 2018, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2018/2018-08-23-freeman.php|title=In memoriam: Linton C. Freeman|publisher=[University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine)|accessdate=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Book==
Freeman, Linton C. 2004. ''The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science.'' Vancouver: Empirical Press.

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==External links==
*[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=quiVMg8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Linton C Freeman] - [Google Scholar Citations](/source/Google_Scholar_Citations)

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