| Linton Clarke Freeman | |
| Birth Date: | 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Date: | August 17, 2018 (aged 91) |
| Fields: | social network |
| Workplaces: | Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Lehigh University, University of California, Irvine |
| Education: | Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1956), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (M.A. 1953), Roosevelt University (B.A. 1952) |
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| Known For: | social network, centrality |
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Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 - August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist known for his pioneering work in social networks. He was an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.[1] Freeman developed the first measure of betweenness centrality. He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks[2] which began publishing in 1979.[3]
Freeman died on August 17, 2018, at the age of 91.[4]
Freeman, Linton C. 2004. The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Vancouver: Empirical Press.