William Graham Sumner

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1840-10-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paterson,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:coinedBy ethnocentrism
gptkbp:dateOfYaleAppointment 1872
gptkbp:deathDate 1910-04-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Englewood,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkb:University_of_Geneva
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field economics
political science
sociology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lester_Frank_Ward
gptkb:Thorstein_Veblen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:philosophy
classical liberalism
teaching at Yale
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Folkways
gptkb:What_Social_Classes_Owe_to_Each_Other
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:sociologist
gptkb:professor
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Sociological_Association
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm 1908
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Grove_Street_Cemetery,_New_Haven,_Connecticut
gptkbp:signature William Graham Sumner signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jeannie_Elliott
gptkbp:theory ethnocentrism
laissez-faire economics
social Darwinism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
gptkb:New_Haven,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Graham Sumner