sociologist

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Emile Durkheim

French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)

Francois Marie Charles Fourier

French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)

Robert King Merton

United States sociologist (1910-2003)

Vilfredo Pareto

Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923)

Talcott Parsons

United States sociologist (1902-1979)

David Riesman Jr.

United States sociologist (1909-2002)

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

William Graham Sumner

United States sociologist (1840-1910)

First Baron Passfield

English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)

Max Weber

German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)

Types:

demographer, demographist, population scientist

a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics

psephologist

a sociologist who studies election trends

Type of:

social scientist

someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships