Robert Staughton Lynd

Robert Staughton Lynd
Born(1892-09-26)September 26, 1892
DiedNovember 1, 1970(1970-11-01) (aged 78)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University, B.A., 1914
Union Theological Seminary (New York City), B.D., 1923
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1931
Occupation(s)Sociologist and university professor
Employer(s)Institute for Social and Religious Research, Rockefeller Foundation;
Columbia University
Notable workMiddletown (1929), coauthor;
Middletown in Transition coauthor;
Knowledge for What?(1939), author
Board member ofConsumers' Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration
SpouseHelen Merrell Lynd (m. 1921–70)
ChildrenStaughton Lynd;
Andrea Merrell (Lynd) Nold
Parent(s)Staughton and Cornelia Day Lynd

Robert Staughton Lynd (September 26, 1892 – November 1, 1970) was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. He is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with his wife, Helen Lynd; as the coauthor of Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) and Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (1937); and a pioneer in the use of social surveys. He was also the author of Knowledge for What? The Place of the Social Sciences in American Culture (1939). In addition to writing and research, Lynd taught at Columbia from 1931 to 1960. He also served on U.S. government committees and advisory boards, including President Herbert Hoover's Research Committee on Social Trends and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Consumers' Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration. Lynd was also a member of several scientific societies.

  1. ^ Alden Whitman (November 3, 1970). "Robert S. Lynd, Co-Author of 'Middletown' Dies". The New York Times. New York, New York: 38. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

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