William Graham Sumner

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academic classical liberal essayist human social theorist sociologist

William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
classical liberal ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
social theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
birthDate 1840-10-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1910-04-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Geneva, Switzerland

University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
surface form: Yale College
employer Yale University ⓘ
familyName Sumner ⓘ
fieldOfWork political economy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
fullName William Graham Sumner self-link ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
ideology economic individualism ⓘ
laissez-faire liberalism ⓘ
influenced American libertarian thought ⓘ
American sociology ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Herbert Spencer ⓘ
classical economists ⓘ
knownFor association with Social Darwinist ideas ⓘ
concept of the "Forgotten Man" ⓘ
defense of laissez-faire economics ⓘ
early development of American sociology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
movement Social Darwinism ⓘ
classical liberalism ⓘ
notableWork Folkways ⓘ
The Challenge of Facts ⓘ
The Forgotten Man ⓘ
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
economist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
wasOrdainedAs Episcopal priest ⓘ

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What Social Classes Owe to Each Other → author → William Graham Sumner ⓘ
The Forgotten Man → author → William Graham Sumner ⓘ
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The Challenge of Facts → author → William Graham Sumner ⓘ
Grove Street Cemetery → hasBurial → William Graham Sumner ⓘ