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Seebohm Rowntree
British philanthropist industrialist and sociologist writer
Seebohm Rowntree | |
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| Born | (1871-07-07)7 July 1871 York, England |
| Died | 7 October 1954(1954-10-07) (aged 83) Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Industrialist, sociological researcher and writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1899–1954 |
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH (7 July 1871 – 7 October 1954) was an English sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist.
He is known in particular for his three studies of poverty in York, conducted in 1899, 1935, and 1951.
The first York study involved a comprehensive survey of the living conditions of the poor in York during which investigators visited every working class household, and his methodology inspired many subsequent researches in British empirical sociology.[1][2]
By strictly defining the concept of poverty in his studies, he was able to reveal that the causes of poverty in Yo The Rowntree Society | Publications - The Rowntree Society QAGO