sociologist
Noun
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A social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society (synset 110640274)
is a type of: social scientist - someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationshipssubtypes:
- demographer, demographist, population scientist - a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics
- psephologist - a sociologist who studies election trends
specific instances:- durkheim, emile durkheim - French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)
- charles fourier, fourier, francois marie charles fourier - French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
- merton, robert king merton, robert merton - United States sociologist (1910-2003)
- pareto, vilfredo pareto - Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923)
- parsons, talcott parsons - United States sociologist (1902-1979)
- david riesman, david riesman jr., riesman - United States sociologist (1909-2002)
- herbert spencer, spencer - English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
- sumner, william graham sumner - United States sociologist (1840-1910)
- first baron passfield, sidney james webb, sidney webb, webb - English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
- max weber, weber - German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
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