Albion Woodbury Small

Albion Woodbury Small
10th President of Colby College
In office
1889–1892
Preceded byGeorge Dana Boardman Pepper
Succeeded byBeniah Longley Whitman
Personal details
Born(1854-05-11)May 11, 1854
Buckfield, Maine, US
DiedFebruary 12, 1926(1926-02-12) (aged 71)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Alma materColby College, 1876
ProfessionSociologist
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Albion Woodbury Small (May 11, 1854 – March 24, 1926) founded the first independent department of sociology in the United States at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, in 1892.[1] He was influential in the establishment of sociology as a valid field of academic study.[2]

  1. ^ "Albion Woodbury Small, 1854-1926". American Journal of Sociology. 31 (6): 812–812. 1926. ISSN 0002-9602.
  2. ^ "Bibliography of Albion Woodbury Small".

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