Albion Woodbury Small

Albion Woodbury Small (May 11, 1854 – March 24, 1926) founded the first Department of Sociology in the USA at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1892. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He was influential on the establishment of sociology as a valid field of academic study.

Small was born in Buckfield, Maine and grew up in Bangor, Maine. Buckfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Buckfield is included in the Lewiston - Auburn, Maine metropolitan Bangor is the County seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine He studied theology from 1876 to 1879 at the Andover Newton Theological School. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common From 1879 to 1881 he studied at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin in Germany history, social economics and politics. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions

He taught for some years at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Colby College, founded in 1813, is an American private liberal arts college located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville Maine. Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. From 1888 to 1889 he studied history at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and was promoted in 1889 with a Ph. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common D. thesis (The Beginnings of American Nationality) at the same time continuing teaching at Colby College.

In 1892 he founded the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He chaired this department for over 30 years. In 1895 he established the American Journal of Sociology. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Established in 1895, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS is the oldest scholarly journal of Sociology in the United States. From 1905 to 1925 he served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature at the University of Chicago. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

His works include:

General Sociology (1905)
Adam Smith and Modern Sociology (1907)
The Meaning of the Social Sciences (1910)
and Between Eras: From Capitalism to Democracy (1913)

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