William Graham Sumner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Graham Sumner

American academic, sociologist

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1840

Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 12-Apr-1910

Profession: historian, political scientist, university teacher, sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Graham Sumner (October 30, 1840 – April 12, 1910) 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 other major school.
Sumner wrote widely within the social sciences, with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology.
He supported laissez-faire economics, free markets, and the gold standard.
He adopted the term "ethnocentrism" to identify the roots of imperialism, which he strongly opposed, and as a spokesman against it he was in favor of the "forgotten man" of the middle class, a term he coined.
He had a long-term influence on conservatism in the United States.