William Graham Sumner

Target entity: William Graham Sumner
Context triple: [Social Darwinism, hasKeyProponent, William Graham Sumner]

• A. Herbert Spencer
  Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
• B. Franz Boas
  Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
• C. Charles Dudley Warner
  Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
• D. Russell Kirk
  Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, historian, and literary critic best known as a founding figure of postwar American conservatism and author of "The Conservative Mind."
• E. Adam Smith
  Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: William Graham Sumner
Target entity description: 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.

• A. Herbert Spencer
  Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
• B. Franz Boas
  Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
• C. Charles Dudley Warner
  Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
• D. Russell Kirk
  Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, historian, and literary critic best known as a founding figure of postwar American conservatism and author of "The Conservative Mind."
• E. Adam Smith
  Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
• F. None of above. chosen