Some Famous Sociologist and their Contribution

Auguste Compte

•AugusteCompte (1798 -1857) was the citizen of Paris, France.

•He is popularly known as the father of Sociology.

•His school of thought was “positivism”.

•He coined the term “Sociology”.

Herbert Spencer

•Herbert Spencer (1820 -1903) was born in England.

•His school of thought was “Social Darwinism”.

• He created a lengthy volume on sociology; applied Darwinian evolution to social life;

•and he coined the phrase "survival of the fittest".

George Herbert Mead

•George Herbert Mead (1863 – 1931) was born in Chicago, Illinois.

•His School of thought was symbol interactionism.

• He advocated pragmatism which means what works.

Karl Marx

•Karl Marx (1818 -1883) was born in Germany.

•His school of though was socialism; conflict theory.

•He explained the origins and functioning of Capitalism.

• He also advocated socialism; argued that the history of all societies is rooted in class conflict.

Max Weber

•Max Weber (1864 -1920) was born in Germany.

• He is well known for several books, including The Prote
stant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

•He is famous for Weberian bureaucracy.

David Emile Durkheim

•David Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was French sociologist.

•His school of thought was functionalism; solidarism.

• He is famous for several books,

•including: Suicide, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life; The Division of Labor in Society.

• He started the first journal of sociology.