Sumner, William Graham (1840–1910)

William Graham Sumner, a founder of sociology and a brilliant anthropological theorist of normative order, was strongly influenced by the writings of the British evolutionist Herbert Spencer.

Sumner was born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1840. He studied political economy ...

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