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Max Weber

1864 - 1920

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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (; German: [ˈveːbɐ] ; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research. Born in Erfurt in 1864, Weber studied law and history in Berlin, Göttingen, and Heidelberg. After earning his doctorate in law in 1889 and habilitation in 1891, he taught in Berlin, Freiburg, and Heidelberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Weber is the most popular sociologist, the 25th most popular biography from Germany (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular German Sociologist.

Max Weber is most famous for his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Max Weber ranks 1 out of 79. After him are Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor W. Adorno, Anthony Giddens, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, and Ulrich Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Max Weber ranks 1. After him are Richard Strauss, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilhelm Wien, George Washington Carver, Camille Claudel, Alois Alzheimer, Walther Nernst, Maurice Leblanc, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Minkowski, and Alfred Hermann Fried. Among people deceased in 1920, Max Weber ranks 1. After him are Amedeo Modigliani, Wilhelm Wundt, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Peter Carl Fabergé, Eugénie de Montijo, Alexander of Greece, Max Bruch, Robert Peary, Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, and Princess Margaret of Connaught.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Weber ranks 25 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Richard Wagner (1813), Karl Benz (1844), and Henry Kissinger (1923). After him are Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Frederick the Great (1712), Johannes Brahms (1833), Friedrich Engels (1820), Angela Merkel (1954), and Max Planck (1858).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Max Weber ranks 1. After him are Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Juan José Linz (1926), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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