Linton Freeman

Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist known for his work in social networks. He was an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.^[1] Freeman developed the first measure of betweenness centrality. He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks^[2] which began publishing in 1979.^[3]

Linton Clarke Freeman
Born	1927 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 17, 2018 (aged 91)
Education	Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1956), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (M.A. 1953), Roosevelt University (B.A. 1952)
Known for	social network, centrality
Scientific career
Fields	social network
Institutions	Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Lehigh University, University of California, Irvine
Website	moreno.ss.uci.edu

Freeman died on August 17, 2018, at the age of 91.^[4]

Book

Freeman, Linton C. 2004. The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Vancouver: Empirical Press.