| Herbert Hyman | |
| Birth Name: | Herbert Hiram Hyman |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1918 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
| Death Place: | Canton, China |
| Fields: | Sociology |
| Workplaces: | Columbia University Wesleyan University |
| Education: | Columbia University (A.B., 1939; M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1942) |
| Thesis Title: | The psychology of status |
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| Thesis Year: | 1942 |
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| Known For: | Research on opinion polling |
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| Children: | Alex, David, and Lisa |
Herbert Hiram Hyman (March 3, 1918 – December 18, 1985) was an American sociologist and expert on opinion polling. He taught at Columbia University from 1951 to 1969 and at Wesleyan University from 1969 to 1985. He died in Canton, China on December 18, 1985, four days after suffering a heart attack. He had been in China to deliver a series of lectures at Zhongshan University on sociology in developing countries.[1] [2] [3]