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Gabriel Tarde

1843 - 1904

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Jean-Gabriel (de) Tarde (; French: [taʁd]; 12 March 1843 – 13 May 1904) was a French sociologist, criminologist and social psychologist who conceived sociology as based on small psychological interactions among individuals (much as if it were chemistry), the fundamental forces being imitation and innovation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Tarde is the 16th most popular sociologist (down from 15th in 2019), the 821st most popular biography from France (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Sociologist.

Gabriel Tarde is most famous for his work on the laws of imitation. He believed that imitation was the driving force behind all human behavior.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Gabriel Tarde ranks 16 out of 79. Before him are Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, Ulrich Beck, Karl Mannheim, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Niklas Luhmann. After him are Manuel Castells, Seymour Martin Lipset, Pitirim Sorokin, Alain Touraine, C. Wright Mills, and Paul Lazarsfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Gabriel Tarde ranks 14. Before him are Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Elisabeth of Wied, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Richard Avenarius, Benito Pérez Galdós, and Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1904, Gabriel Tarde ranks 13. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Friedrich Ratzel, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henry Morton Stanley, and Eadweard Muybridge. After him are Henri Fantin-Latour, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Vasily Vereshchagin, Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, and George, King of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Tarde ranks 821 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy Debord (1931), Isabella of Hainault (1170), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Maurice Denis (1870), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), and Edme Mariotte (1620). After him are Jacques Charles (1763), Eugène Sue (1804), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Maria Schneider (1952), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), and Marcellin Berthelot (1827).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Gabriel Tarde ranks 4. Before him are Émile Durkheim (1858), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), and Marcel Mauss (1872). After him are Alain Touraine (1925), Marcel Granet (1884), Henri Hubert (1872), and Loïc Wacquant (1960).

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