William Graham Sumner
Historian, Author
1840 – 1910
Who was William Graham Sumner?
William Graham Sumner was a Classic Liberal American academic and "held the first professorship in sociology" at Yale College. For many years he had a reputation as one of the most influential teachers there. He was a polymath with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. He is credited with introducing the term "ethnocentrism," a term intended to identify imperialists' chief means of justification, in his book Folkways. Sumner is often seen as a proto-libertarian. He was also the first to teach a course entitled "Sociology".
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- Born
- Oct 30, 1840
Paterson - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Employment
- Yale University
- Died
- Apr 12, 1910
New Haven
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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