Birthdate: October 30, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 12, 1910
William Graham Sumner was an influential American clergyman, social scientist, and neoclassical liberal known for teaching social sciences at Yale University. He was the nation’s first sociology professor and authored various works on ethics, American history, economics, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. Sumner supported laissez-faire economics, free markets, and the gold standard, and is credited with coining the term “ethnocentrism” to criticize imperialism. He championed the middle class as the “forgotten man” and left a lasting impact on American conservatism.
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