Émile Durkheim
French sociologist
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- 1858–1917
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About Émile Durkheim
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.
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