What is Ernest W. Burgess?
'''Ernest W. Burgess''' (May 16, 1886–December 27, 1966) was an [[Urban area|urban]] [[sociologist]]. He was born in Tilbury, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. Burgess received his education at Kingfisher College in [[Kingfisher, Oklahoma]]. He did his graduate studies in [[sociology]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. In 1916, he returned to the University of Chicago, as a member of the [[:en:wikt:faculty|faculty]]. Burgess was hired as an urban sociologist at the University of Chicago. He was the 24th [[President]] of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He made the Burgess model to show how big Chicago will grow in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html |title=The Burgess Urban Land Use Model, ''The Geography of Transport Systems'' |access-date=2013-11-16 |archive-date=2011-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629113720/http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Burgess model is also called the [[Concentric zone model]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.asanet.org/ American Sociological Association (ASA)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, Ernest W}} [[Category:1886 births]] [[Category:1966 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}} [[Category:American sociologists]] [[Category:University of Chicago faculty]]