SOCIOLOGIST

Ludwig Gumplowicz

1838 - 1909

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Ludwig Gumplowicz (9 March 1838 – 19 August 1909) was a Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist, who taught constitutional and administrative law at the University of Graz. Gumplowicz was the son of a Jewish carpet and porcelain manufacturer, Abraham Gumplowicz. Gumplowicz is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology across German-speaking countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Gumplowicz has received more than 70,451 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ludwig Gumplowicz is the 31st most popular sociologist (up from 32nd in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Poland (down from 339th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 31 out of 79. Before him are Daniel Bell, Ziya Gökalp, Saskia Sassen, Robert E. Park, Howard S. Becker, and Stuart Hall. After him are Georges Gurvitch, Harold Garfinkel, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, Herbert Blumer, and Amitai Etzioni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 34. Before him are Vladimir Markovnikov, William Henry Perkin, Arthur Auwers, Fredrik Idestam, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Gustav von Schmoller. After him are Jules Brunet, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Vatroslav Jagić, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, and Edwin Abbott Abbott. Among people deceased in 1909, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 28. Before him are Abdul Karim, Princess Marie of Orléans, Naftali Herz Imber, Arnold Janssen, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Simon Newcomb. After him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Caran d'Ache, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Karl Krumbacher, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 366 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Kantor (1915), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Roman Ingarden (1893), Avraham Stern (1907), Andreas Gryphius (1616), and Lukas Podolski (1985). After him are Kuno Fischer (1824), Arthur Greiser (1897), Emin Pasha (1840), Martin Opitz (1597), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), and Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Poland

Among sociologists born in Poland, Ludwig Gumplowicz ranks 3. Before him are Norbert Elias (1897), and Ulrich Beck (1944). After him are Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), and Grażyna Gęsicka (1951).

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