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nouna social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human societytype of:
Definition that contains sociologist
- spencer English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
- webb English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
- parsons United States sociologist (1902-1979)
- weber German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
- sumner United States sociologist (1840-1910)
- merton United States sociologist (1910-2003)
- fourier French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
- vilfredo pareto Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923)
- psephologist a sociologist who studies election trends
- durkheim French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917)