Father of Sociology-Auguste Comte

 

FATHER OF SOCIOLOGY

1.Auguste Comte(1798-1857)

Auguste Comte a famous philosopher who known as a Father of Sociology. He was from France. He was a first person who argue that scientific methods can be applied to study human society. Full name of the comte is Isidore Auguste Marie Franois Xavier Comte. He was born on 19 Jan 1798 at Montpellier of France. He  was joined in Echolo Polytechnic  on 1914. He married Kherolin Maasin but after some time he was taken divorce from her on 1842.

His contributions to enrich Sociological literature-

1. Introduced new science-(1839)
2. The law of three stages
3. Classification of science
4. Comte division of Sociology into two parts
5. Positive philosophy-(1830-1842),(in 6 vol)
6. Positive polity-(1851-1854),(in 4 vol)and etc

Auguste Comte a famous person who dies on 5 sept 1857. 

Ref-

1. Shri.C.N.Shankar Rao-Fundamentals of Sociology-Published-2010-2011  page No-9-11
2. Prof.K.Bhirappa-Sociology-Page No-118-119-Published-May 2008