Charles Edward Merriam

Charles Edward Merriam
Charles Edward Merriam
Born	Charles Edward Merriam Jr.; November 15, 1874; Hopkinton, Iowa, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1953 (aged 78); Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Known for	Development of behavioralism; service on the Brownlow Committee;
Spouse	Elizabeth Hilda Doyle (m. 1900)
Children	4, including Robert E. Merriam
Academic background
Education	Lenox College; University of Iowa; Columbia University;
Thesis	History of the Theory of Sovereignty Since Rousseau (1900)
Academic advisors	John Burgess
Influences	Otto von Gierke; Frank Johnson Goodnow; Hugo Preuß; James Harvey Robinson; Edwin R. A. Seligman;
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Institutions	University of Chicago
Doctoral students	V. O. Key Jr.; Harold Lasswell;
Notable ideas	Behavioralism
Influenced	Jerome Frank; Herbert A. Simon;

Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874–1953) was an American professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioral approach to political science, a trainer of many graduate students, a prominent intellectual in the Progressive Movement, and an advisor to several US Presidents. Upon his death, The New York Times called him "one of the outstanding political scientists in the country".

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