Albion Woodbury Small
Albion Woodbury Small | |
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| 10th President of Colby College | |
| In office 1889–1892 | |
| Preceded by | George Dana Boardman Pepper |
| Succeeded by | Beniah Longley Whitman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1854 Buckfield, Maine, US |
| Died | February 12, 1926 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Alma mater | Colby College, 1876 |
| Profession | Sociologist |
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Albion Woodbury Small (May 11, 1854 – March 24, 1926) founded the first independent department of sociology in the United States at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, in 1892. He was influential in the establishment of sociology as a valid field of academic study.