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Ludwig Gumplowicz

1838 - 1909

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Ludwig Gumplowicz (9 March 1838 – 19 August 1909) was a Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist, who taught constitutional and administrative law at the University of Graz. Gumplowicz was the son of a Jewish carpet and porcelain manufacturer, Abraham Gumplowicz. Gumplowicz is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology across German-speaking countries. While living under the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, he witnessed many violent anti-Semitic conflicts between ethnic groups, which influenced his sociological theories of social conflict and explaining social phenomenas later on in life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Gumplowicz is the 33rd most popular sociologist (down from 31st in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Poland (down from 366th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 33 out of 79. Before him are Robert N. Bellah, Daniel Bell, Thomas Luckmann, Stuart Hall, Juan José Linz, and Harold Garfinkel. After him are Georges Gurvitch, Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, Herbert Blumer, and Howard S. Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 36. Before him are Marià Fortuny, Ōkuma Shigenobu, William Henry Perkin, Fredrik Idestam, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Jules Brunet. After him are Gustav von Schmoller, Edwin Abbott Abbott, George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, Henry Sidgwick, and Lucien Olivier. Among people deceased in 1909, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 28. Before him are Red Cloud, Paul Gachet, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Oliver Otis Howard, Simon Newcomb, and Princess Marie of Orléans. After him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Renée Vivien, Naftali Herz Imber, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, George Meredith, and Afonso Pena.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 371 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanislav Kosior (1889), C. L. Gloger (1803), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Leszek II the Black (1241), and Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591). After him are Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863), Krystyna Janda (1952), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), Roman Ingarden (1893), Kazimierz Fajans (1887), and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Poland

Among sociologists born in Poland, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 3. Before him are Norbert Elias (1897), and Ulrich Beck (1944). After him are Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), and Grażyna Gęsicka (1951).

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