Born: 11-Jun-1922
Birthplace: Manville, Alberta, Canada
Died: 19-Nov-1982
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Sociologist

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: The Presentation of Self

Father: Max Goffman
Mother: Anne
Wife: Angelica Choate (one son)
Wife: Gillian Sankoff (one daughter)

    University: BA, University of Toronto (1945)
    University: MA, University of Chicago (1949)
    University: PhD, University of Chicago (1953)
    Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1958-68)
    Professor: Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania (1986-82)

    American Sociological Association President (1981-82)
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1977-78

Author of books:
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959)
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (1961)
Encounters: Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction (1961)
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity (1963)
Behavior in Public Places: Notes on the Social Organization of Gatherings (1963)
Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior (1967)
Strategic Interaction (1969)
Relations in Public: Micro-Studies of the Public Order (1971)
Frame analysis: An essay on the Organization of Experience (1974)
Gender Advertisements (1979)
Forms of Talk (1981)

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