List of Famous people named Erving

Similar names: Irving. Here are some famous Ervings:

Erving Clark

First Name Erving

Last Name Clark

Died on January 1, 1866

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Erving Goffman

First Name Erving

Last Name Goffman

Born on June 11, 1922

Died on November 19, 1982 (aged 60)

Born in Canada, Alberta

Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007 The Times Higher Education Guide listed him as the sixth most-cited author of books in the humanities and social sciences, behind Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Anthony Giddens, and ahead of Jürgen Habermas.

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