William Graham Sumner
Born: October 30, 1840
Died: April 12, 1910 (aged 69)
Bio: William Graham Sumner was a classical liberal American social scientist. He taught social sciences at Yale, where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology. He was one of the most influential teachers at Yale or any major schools.
Known for:
- What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)
- The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
- War And Other Essays
- Folkways (1906)
- On liberty, society, and politics
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