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William Graham Sumner

1840 - 1910

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William Graham Sumner (October 30, 1840 – April 12, 1910) was an American clergyman, social scientist, and neoclassical liberal. He taught social sciences at Yale University, where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology and became one of the most influential teachers at any major school. Sumner wrote extensively on the social sciences, penning numerous books and essays on ethics, American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. He supported laissez-faire economics, free markets, and the gold standard, in addition to coining the term "ethnocentrism" to identify the roots of imperialism, which he strongly opposed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Graham Sumner is the 29th most popular political scientist (down from 24th in 2019), the 4,685th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,740th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, William Graham Sumner ranks 29 out of 46. Before him are Rahime Perestu Sultan, Ilan Pappé, Arend Lijphart, James Flynn, Charles Murray, and Norman Finkelstein. After him are Robert D. Putnam, Michel Pablo, Hayranidil Kadın, Robert Keohane, Marfa Boretskaya, and Karl Deutsch.

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Among people born in 1840, William Graham Sumner ranks 53. Before him are Gabriel von Max, Dmitry Pisarev, Abraham Goldfaden, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Edmond Audran, and Jeanna Bauck. After him are Thomas Nast, Helena Modjeska, Gall, Titu Maiorescu, Francišak Bahuševič, and Adolf Bernhard Meyer. Among people deceased in 1910, William Graham Sumner ranks 60. Before him are Gustave Moynier, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Hormuzd Rassam, Laza Kostić, Edouard Van Beneden, and Paolo Mantegazza. After him are Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Jorge Chávez, Édouard Colonne, George Turner, Kurd Lasswitz, and Bertalan Székely.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Graham Sumner ranks 4,685 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Bosley (1927), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Clyde Cowan (1919), Raphael Warnock (1969), Walter Koenig (1936), and Larry Tesler (1945). After him are Leon Spinks (1953), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Ron Rifkin (1939), Bernie Mac (1957), Dan McKee (1951), and Smokey Robinson (1940).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, William Graham Sumner ranks 12. Before him are John Mearsheimer (1947), Gene Sharp (1928), Graham Allison (1940), James Flynn (1934), Charles Murray (1943), and Norman Finkelstein (1953). After him are Robert D. Putnam (1941), Robert Keohane (1941), Alexis Herman (1947), Sidney Verba (1932), Cass Sunstein (1954), and Claudine Gay (1970).

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