Edward Byron Reuter (July 19, 1881 – May 28, 1946) was an American sociologist and the 23rd President of theAmerican Sociological Association (for the year 1933).[1][2][3] His research focused on the field ofsociology of race and ethnic relations.
Reuter's father was a German immigrant who migrated to theSt. Louis, Missouri from Cologne, Germany.[4] His father briefly mined gold in California before establishing a farm in Holden, Missouri and marrying Reuter's mother.[4]
Reuter studied social sciences at theUniversity of Missouri.[4] In 1910 he did his bachelor's degree there, and in 1911 his master's degree. For the next three years, he served as the principal of a high school in California. He then continued his sociology studies at theUniversity of Chicago, where he was influenced byAlbion Woodbury Small,William Isaac Thomas,Robert Ezra Park, andGeorge Herbert Mead. In 1919 he received his Ph.D. with his dissertationThe Mulatto in the United States.[4]
As a professor, Reuter taught at theUniversity of Illinois,Tulane University, theUniversity of Iowa, and finally, from 1944 until his death, succeedingRobert E. Park atFisk University in Nashville.
In his research, Reuter examined in particular the relationships between biological and sociological phenomena and the relationships between ethnic groups. He served as the President of theAmerican Sociological Association in 1933.
He died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1946.[4]
Reuter published a number of books and articles, including:[5]
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