Albion Woodbury Small | |
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| 10th President of Colby College | |
| In office 1889–1892 | |
| Preceded by | George Dana Boardman Pepper |
| Succeeded by | Beniah Longley Whitman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1854 Buckfield, Maine, US |
| Died | February 12, 1926 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Alma mater | Colby College, 1876 |
| Profession | Sociologist |
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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]
- ^ "Albion Woodbury Small, 1854-1926". American Journal of Sociology. 31 (6): 812–812. 1926. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ^ "Bibliography of Albion Woodbury Small".