Herbert Hyman

This article is about the sociologist. For the founder of the American coffee chain, see The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

Herbert Hiram Hyman (March 3, 1918 – December 18, 1985) was an American sociologist and expert on opinion polling. He taught at Columbia University from 1951 to 1969 and at Wesleyan University from 1969 to 1985. He died in Canton, China on December 18, 1985, four days after suffering a heart attack. He had been in China to deliver a series of lectures at Zhongshan University on sociology in developing countries.^[1][2][3]

Herbert Hyman
Born	Herbert Hiram Hyman (1918-03-03)March 3, 1918 New York City, New York, United States
Died	December 18, 1985(1985-12-18) (aged 67) Canton, China
Education	Columbia University (A.B., 1939; M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1942)
Known for	Research on opinion polling
Spouse	Helen Kandel ​ (m. 1945⁠–⁠1985)​
Children	Alex, David, and Lisa
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Columbia University Wesleyan University
Thesis	The psychology of status  (1942)