Types of People in Sociology

The field of sociology is filled with undoubtedly some of the most influential people of all time. By exploring the uncharted or unknown areas of the field sociologists have been extending and expanding upon it with their extensive theories and research since the birth of the sociology. Influential, ‘fathers’, of sociology – if you will, are people such as Marx, Comte, Durkheim, Weber, Wright mills upon many others whose research that has given sociology the vast scope it has today. Take for example, essentially the founder of sociology, Auguste Comte. Comte is known as the three fathers of this social science, during the late nineteenth century he defined the term, ‘sociology’, when attempting to explain the specific stages all societies develop and progress through. Another major figure whose contributions must be recognized is the man named, Emile Durkheim. Durkheim is the youngest of the three fathers, surviving until the twentieth century, (1917), Durkheim is credited for essentially allowing the study of sociology to be seen as a science. Durkheim is known for his extensive research on how suicide correlates with social integration. Another prominent sociologist whose contributions hold great importance is C. Wright Mills, Mills research was primarily focused on social status and stratification, he is known for coining terms such as, ‘power-elite’, &, ‘sociological imagination’. Just as all others mentioned in this post, Mills contributions affected many other aspects of sociology aside from social stratification, however I do believe this is what he is most known for. Now as we have given credit where it is due, perhaps we also talk about a female sociologist.

Doris Y. Wilkinson is a female sociologist from the twentieth century known for her research regarding racial integration, among this she was also the first african-american person to graduate from the university of Kentucky with an undergraduate degree. There is a vast amount of other sociologists whose contributions to the field has given it the scope and conservatism it has today.