Edward C. Banfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward C. Banfield

American political scientist

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1916

Place of Birth: Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1999

Profession: political scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Edward Christie Banfield (November 19, 1916 – September 30, 1999) was an American political scientist, best known as the author of The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958), and The Unheavenly City (1970).
One of the leading scholars of his generation, Banfield was an adviser to three Republican presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan.
Banfield began his academic career at the University of Chicago, where he was a friend and colleague of Leo Strauss and Milton Friedman.
In the latter half of the twentieth century Banfield contributed to shape American conservatism through the publication of sixteen books and numerous articles on urban politics, urban planning and civic culture.In 1959, Banfield went to Harvard, where he remained for the rest of his career except for a brief tenure at the University of Pennsylvania.



Alternative names	Jack E. Kightlinger
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	28 April 1932	September 2009
Location of birth/death		North Carolina
Work location	Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q46511239 VIAF: 157534813 ISNI: 0000 0001 0520 4094 LCCN: no2010155366 NAID: 10610541 WorldCat