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Auguste Comte
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Auguste Comte
Philosopher, Academic Author, Sociologist / 1798 - 1857
French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857) greatly advanced the field of social science, giving it the name "sociology" and influenced many 19th-century social intellectuals.
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C. Wright Mills
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C. Wright Mills
Activist, Journalist, Sociologist / 1916 - 1962
Sociologist C. Wright Mills believed sociology should be used to advocate for social change and he disapproved of “abstract empiricalism.”
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Max Weber
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Max Weber
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist / 1864 - 1920
Max Weber was a 19th century German sociologist and one of the founders of modern sociology. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905.
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Emile Durkheim
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Emile Durkheim
Sociologist / 1858 - 1917
Émile Durkheim was a pioneer of French sociology and the author of The Division of Labour in Society and Suicide.
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E. Franklin Frazier
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E. Franklin Frazier
Sociologist / 1894 - 1962
Sociologist E. Franklin Frazier blazed a trail in the 1940s and 50s for African American academics who studied black culture.
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Educator, Historian, Scholar, World Leader, Journalist, Sociologist / 1811 - 1888
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was a writer and scholar who became president of Argentina in 1868.
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