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The Pioneers of

Sociology
Auguste Comte
1798-1857
• He is the father of
Sociology.
Harriet Martineau
1802-1876
• The first woman
sociologist who
agreed with Comte.
Herbert Spencer
1820-1903
• He believed that
society can be
compared to a living
organism.
Karl Marx
1818-1883
• He wrote the
“Communist
Manifesto”
Emile Durkheim
1858-1917
• He pioneered
the systematic
application of
scientific methods
of sociology.
Max Weber
1864-1920
• A German sociologist
believed that
sociologists must go
beyond what people
do, beyond what can
be observed directly.

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