William Sumner

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:William_Graham_Sumner
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:birth_date October 30, 1840
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children William Graham Sumner Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Critique of imperialism
Development of social theory
Concept of folkways
Advocacy for laissez-faire economics
Concept of mores
gptkbp:death_date April 12, 1910
gptkbp:famous_quote " The man who is not a socialist at twenty is a fool, but the man who is still a socialist at thirty is a scoundrel."
" Folkways are the social habits of a people."
" The individual is the unit of society."
" The great problem of society is to make the individual a good citizen."
" The law of the survival of the fittest is the law of the social world."
gptkbp:field gptkb:sociology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Sumner
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:George_Herbert_Mead
Sociology as a discipline
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Social_Darwinism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work Folkways
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:sociology
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Sumner
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4