Memorial Page for Charles Tilly
American sociologist
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Biography
Charles Tilly (* May 27, 1929 in Lombard; † April 29, 2008 in The Bronx) was an american sociologist. He was 78 years old. He was married to Louise A. Tilly. His education included University of Oxford and Harvard University. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms.
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10 EventsBorn in Lombard, DuPage County
1929honorary doctor of Erasmus University Rotterdam
1983Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
1995Charles Tilly Award for Best Book
1996Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
1999W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award
2005honorary doctor of the Université du Québec à Montréal
2005honorary doctor of the University of Michigan
2007Died in The Bronx, New York
2008Albert O. Hirschman Prize
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- Louise A. Tilly
Charles Tilly. Forever remembered.